Table 3.

Association Between Compliance With the Massachusetts (MA) Competitive Food Standards and Change in School Revenues and Participation Among School Districts Participating in the NOURISH Study (per 10% Change in Compliance With Competitive Food Standards)

	Year 1 versus baseline (n=11)a		Year 1 versus baseline (n=7)a		Year 2 versus baseline (n=7)a
	β (SE)b	p-valueb	β (SE)b	p-valueb	β (SE)b	p-valueb
Revenues
Total revenues ($/student annually)c	−9.78 (3.74)	0.04	−14.50 (10.53)	0.30	−24.20 (14.79)	0.20
Meal revenues ($/student annually)c	−3.34 (5.57)	0.57	−9.37 (9.36)	0.39	−13.74 (13.72)	0.39
Competitive food revenues ($/student annually)c	−6.44 (5.70)	0.30	8.75 (12.42)	0.55	−9.46 (13.09)	0.55
Participation
Overall participation (%)d	−0.25 (1.20)	0.84	0.49 (2.50)	0.86	−1.29 (3.58)	0.74
Free participation (%)d	−0.93 (1.13)	0.44	−3.37 (2.40)	0.26	−0.93 (5.43)	0.87
Reduced-price participation (%)d	0.84 (1.86)	0.67	3.47 (3.70)	0.94	−1.03 (3.33)	0.78
Full-price participation (%)d	−0.94 (1.54)	0.56	1.31 (3.11)	0.70	−0.53 (2.47)	0.84

Note: Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05).

^an=11 consists of all of the school districts participating in the financial portion of the NOURISH study that provided data at a baseline and Year 1 post-implementation; n=7 consists of the schools that provided financial data at baseline and at Year 1 and Year 2 post-implementation.

^bCalculated using linear regression, adjusting for baseline compliance.

^cChange in average $/student annually with an absolute change of 10% in compliance with the MA competitive food standards.

^dChange in average percent participation with an absolute change of 10% in compliance with the MA competitive food standards.

MA, Massachusetts; NOURISH, Nutrition Opportunities to Understand Reforms Involving Student Health.