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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 22.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Clin Nutr. 2016 Jun 22;70(10):1162–1167. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2016.101

Table 1. Descriptive statistics of primary school meals in England.

School lunches Packed lunches
No of meals 6,690 3,481
Non-composite items 26,240 7,759
No of non-composite food items in each eatwell food group bread, other cereals and potatoes 7,415 361
milk and dairy 1,686 1,284
meat, fish and alternatives 2,253 213
fruit and vegetables 9,601 5,311
fatty and sugary foods 1,829 77
water 3,456 513
Composite food items 11,906 9,485
Percent by weight of composite food by eatwell food group bread, other cereals and potatoes 24.8 % 37.2%
milk and dairy 24.2 % 6.3%
meat, fish and alternatives 19.2 % 23.0%
fruit and vegetables 20.6 % 17.2%
fatty and sugary foods 11.2 % 16.3%
Mean GHGE value (KgCO2e) 0.72 0.70
Standard Deviation (SD) 0.60 0.42
Range – Mean GHGE value (KgCO2e) 0.04 - 5.59 0.34 - 10.99
Interquartile range (IQR) of GHGE (KgCO2e) 0.40 - 0.80 0.46 - 0.86