Table 3.

Average weekly frequency of serving various foods/beverages at five Boston summer day camps and average percent of each food/beverage consumed when served to 149 child participants.

	IOM recommendation for weekly total for ages 5–13 years old, CACFPa	Mean (SD)b weekly total observed as served at summer camps	Mean (SE)c percentage of servings consumed by campers when offered
BREAKFAST	n=4 camps		n=91 children
Fruit	2.5 cups	2.4 (1.3) cups	21.1% (4.0)
Grains	9.5 ozd	8.5 (2.9) oz	72.8% (6.2)
Meat or meat alternative	3 oz	2.3 (4.7) oz	10.6% (7.3)
Milk, any kind	3.75 cups	5.0 (0.01) cups	33.8% (3.7)
LUNCH	n=5 camps		n=144 children
Fruit	2.5 cups	4.6 (1.4) cups	36.5% (4.5)
Vegetables	5 cups	1.3 (0.4) cups	11.7% (2.4)
Grains	10 oz	12.0 (1.5) oz	31.2% (2.9)
Meat or meat alternate	10 oz	14.7 (1.6) oz	35.0% (3.7)
Milk	5 cups	5.0 (0.03) cups	37.6% (4.0)
SNACK	n=5 camps		n=142 children
Fruit	1 cup (served in 2 half-cup servings)	0.7 (0.4) cups	28.8% (5.8)
Vegetables	1 cup (served in 2 half-cup servings)	0.03 (0.06) cups	0
Grains	2 one-ounce servings	5.8 (2.8) oz	48.0% (8.1)
Meat or meat alternate	2 one-ounce servings	1.2 (1.6) oz	59.0% (9.2)
Water	5 cups	0.6 (0.9) cups	62.6% (13.8)
Milk, any kind	1 cup (served in 2 half-cup servings)	0.6 (0.5) cups	4.1% (2.4)
ACROSS ALL MEALS
100% juice	5 cup maximum	3.9 (1.5) cups	36.9% (3.7)
Sugar-sweetened beverages	0 maximum	0	0
Flavored milk	0 maximum	2.7 (2.5) cups	43.9% (6.2)
Whole grains	50% of all grains	70.7% (6.7)	21.3% (1.9)
Red meat and highly processed meats	1 time maximum	3.0 (1.0) times served	28.5% (3.4)
Baked or fried grain products high in solids fats and added sugars (grain-based desserts)	1 time maximum	2.3 (1.9) times served	64.1% (6.2)
Salty snacks	No recommendation	2.0 (1.2) times served	66.9% (3.6)

^aChild and Adult Care Food Program

^bStandard Deviation

^cStandard Error

^dOunce