Table 3.
Child-care centre characteristics and corresponding predicted proportions of matches and acceptable substitutions between food and beverage items listed on menus and served to children during two days of observation in New York City child-care centres, April–June 2010
| Sample descriptive statistics | Predicted menu match proportion* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | Proportion | P value | |
| Centre characteristic | ||||
| CACFP† (No) | 26 | 27·4 | 0·78 | 0·459 |
| CACFP (Yes) | 69 | 73·4 | 0·81 | |
| Head Start‡ (No) | 72 | 75·8 | 0·79 | 0·330 |
| Head Start (Yes) | 23 | 24·2 | 0·83 | |
| EWPH§ (No) | 61 | 64·2 | 0·82 | 0·137 |
| EWPH (Yes) | 34 | 35·8 | 0·76 | |
| DPHO|| (No) | 42 | 44·2 | 0·80 | 0·748 |
| DPHO (Yes) | 53 | 55·8 | 0·79 | |
| Day of observation | 0·721 | |||
| Day 1 | 95 | 100·0 | 0·79 | |
| Day 2 | 93 | 97·9 | 0·80 | |
| Borough | 0·363 | |||
| Bronx | 34 | 35·8 | 0·83 | |
| Brooklyn | 35 | 36·8 | 0·77 | 0·109 |
| Manhattan | 20 | 21·1 | 0·81 | 0·559 |
| Queens | 6 | 6·3 | 0·72 | 0·166 |
| Staff making food purchasing decisions | 0·048 | |||
| Other¶ | 38 | 40·0 | 0·79 | |
| Director | 20 | 58·9 | 0·77 | 0·703 |
| Chef | 14 | 48·4 | 0·87 | 0·069 |
| Director and chef | 23 | 21·1 | 0·78 | 0·773 |
| Staff responsible for menu planning | 0·754 | |||
| Other** | 44 | 47·4 | 0·80 | |
| Director | 9 | 9·5 | 0·75 | 0·434 |
| Chef | 19 | 20·0 | 0·78 | 0·711 |
| Director and chef | 22 | 23·2 | 0·82 | 0·763 |
| Where is food purchased | 0·941 | |||
| Other†† | 19 | 20·0 | 0·80 | |
| Food distribution company | 64 | 67·4 | 0·80 | 0·897 |
| Caterer | 12 | 12·6 | 0·78 | 0·775 |
| Menu periodicity | 0·349 | |||
| Daily | 9 | 9·5 | 0·83 | |
| Weekly | 76 | 80·0 | 0·80 | 0·605 |
| Monthly | 8 | 8·0 | 0·70 | 0·151 |
| Menu template used (No) | 37 | 38·9 | 0·79 | |
| Menu template used (Yes) | 58 | 61·1 | 0·80 | 0·860 |
P values are for joint tests of contrasts, either joint tests of constituent contrasts or test of contrast with the base value of each variable.
CACFP (Child and Adult Care Feeding Program) is a programme of the US Department of Agriculture that administers federal grants to state health departments in order to provide nutritious meals and snacks to low-income individuals.
Head Start is a comprehensive developmental programme for preschool-aged children and their families who earn household income below the federal income poverty threshold, administered by the Administration for Children and Families within the US Department of Health and Human Services.
EWPH (Eat Well Play Hard) is a childhood obesity initiative of the New York State Department of Health. EWPH intervention involves a 6-week training programme provided free of charge by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to child-care centres where at least 50 % of the enrolled students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
DPHO (District Public Health Offices) is a programme of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene which targets resources to high-need neighbourhoods in the South Bronx, East and Central Harlem, and North and Central Brooklyn.
Other category includes dietitian, vendor and board of education.
Interaction results between variables ‘Staff making food purchasing decisions’ and ‘Staff responsible for menu planning’ not shown, but were included because of the correlation between these variables. Other category includes dietitian, nutritionist, food-service staff, parent advisory committee caterer, board of education, central administrative office.
Other category includes warehouse club, local grocery store and other.