Table 3.
Proportion of high school students reporting fruit and vegetable intake of ≥1, ≥2, and ≥3 servings/day calculated from 24-hour dietary recall interviews and times/day calculated from two sets of survey questions (n=610)
| Total Fruit Intake (%)
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Total Vegetable Intake (%)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≥1 | ≥2 | ≥3 | ≥1 | ≥2 | ≥3 | |
| 24-h dietary recall interviewsa | ||||||
| Overall | 42.8 | 16.0 | 4.8 | 53.7 | 9.6 | 1.2 |
| Female | 41.3 | 14.2 | 3.8 | 47.5 | 6.7 | 0.7 |
| Male | 44.0 | 17.6 | 5.8 | 60.2 | 12.8 | 1.9 |
| White | 34.0 | 10.3 | 2.5 | 60.3 | 12.3 | 1.8 |
| Black | 43.2 | 17.3 | 5.9 | 37.7 | 3.8 | 0.3 |
| Hispanic | 54.5 | 22.7 | 7.4 | 61.3 | 12.5 | 1.6 |
| 9th | 40.4 | 14.1 | 4.0 | 38.8 | 4.4 | 0.4 |
| 10th | 47.0 | 17.9 | 5.4 | 61.4 | 13.6 | 2.0 |
| 11th | 38.6 | 13.1 | 3.2 | 55.5 | 10.1 | 1.3 |
| 12th | 46.6 | 19.2 | 6.3 | 61.6 | 12.6 | 1.7 |
| Set 1: Past 7-dayb | ||||||
| Overall | 73.3 | 44.3 | 28.4 | 64.2 | 32.3 | 17.1 |
| Female | 73.4 | 42.8 | 26.3 | 65.6 | 33.8 | 17.5 |
| Male | 72.9 | 45.4 | 30.5 | 62.3 | 30.5 | 16.8 |
| White | 70.8 | 42.0 | 22.8 | 73.5 | 37.0 | 18.3 |
| Black | 77.5 | 43.7 | 32.5 | 56.8 | 29.7 | 17.6 |
| Hispanic | 75.4 | 49.1 | 34.7 | 54.5 | 28.9 | 17.5 |
| 9th | 70.1 | 44.1 | 30.5 | 66.9 | 34.3 | 18.3 |
| 10th | 77.2 | 46.3 | 26.8 | 62.6 | 30.9 | 17.1 |
| 11th | 75.4 | 45.2 | 29.4 | 62.1 | 32.3 | 21.8 |
| 12th | 71.3 | 41.5 | 35.1 | 62.9 | 30.6 | 12.4 |
| Set 2: Yesterdayc | ||||||
| Overall | 79.0 | 59.1 | 37.0 | 78.4 | 54.6 | 31.7 |
| Female | 76.3 | 56.0 | 37.3 | 77.7 | 54.7 | 31.7 |
| Male | 81.4 | 62.4 | 37.2 | 79.2 | 54.3 | 31.1 |
| White | 76.6 | 55.0 | 27.1 | 83.0 | 55.5 | 31.7 |
| Black | 79.1 | 62.2 | 43.2 | 71.2 | 49.3 | 28.8 |
| Hispanic | 49.8 | 62.0 | 46.0 | 76.2 | 52.4 | 29.3 |
| 9th | 76.7 | 57.6 | 38.4 | 84.3 | 54.4 | 33.7 |
| 10th | 85.0 | 67.5 | 42.5 | 78.3 | 56.7 | 34.2 |
| 11th | 77.0 | 59.5 | 38.1 | 75.2 | 53.6 | 30.4 |
| 12th | 77.6 | 54.1 | 31.8 | 74.7 | 51.2 | 27.1 |
Adjusted for within-person variation, using methods described by Tooze et al.24
Fruit intake was assessed with two questions that asked the number of times during the past 7 days that the student drank 100% fruit juice and ate fruit. Vegetable intake assessed with four questions that asked the number of times during the past 7 days that the student ate green salad, carrots, potatoes (not counting French fries, fried potatoes, or potato chips), and other vegetables.
Fruit intake assessed with two questions that asked the number of times yesterday that the student drank 100% fruit juice and ate fruit. Vegetable intake assessed with four questions that asked the number of times yesterday that the student ate green salad, carrots, potatoes (not counting French fries, fried potatoes, or potato chips), and other vegetables.