Table 1.

Composition of lunch meals in school lunch programme

Food groups	Kindergarten		Elementary school
	Rice with side disha	One-dish mealb	Rice with side disha	One-dish mealb
Amount per serving portion
Food served (g)	294⋅3 ± 27⋅8e	290⋅6 ± 12⋅5	373⋅4 ± 26⋅5d	281⋅1 ± 23⋅5
Rice (g)	157⋅9 ± 38⋅2e	176⋅4 ± 0⋅6	205⋅9 ± 8⋅4d	169⋅6 ± 13⋅1
Meats (g)	28⋅0 ± 30⋅0d,e	63⋅7 ± 13⋅9e	38⋅6 ± 18⋅5d	52⋅5 ± 8⋅8
Vegetables (g)	26⋅3 ± 23⋅0d,e	0⋅0 ± 0⋅0e	47⋅5 ± 8⋅1d	29⋅8 ± 7⋅9
Fruits (g)	48⋅5 ± 42⋅7d,e	33⋅8 ± 3⋅4e	43⋅5 ± 4⋅8d	29⋅3 ± 9⋅5
Eggs (g)	33⋅6 ± 31⋅1d	16⋅7 ± 23⋅6e	37⋅8 ± 43⋅3	0⋅0 ± 0⋅0
% Recommendationc
Rice	191⋅4 ± 72⋅9e	213⋅8 ± 65⋅1e	149⋅7 ± 30⋅7d	123⋅3 ± 13⋅8
Meats	58⋅3 ± 53⋅7d	132⋅6 ± 31⋅2e	53⋅7 ± 23⋅5d	72⋅9 ± 13⋅3
Vegetables	75⋅5 ± 58⋅0d	0⋅0 ± 0⋅0e	67⋅9 ± 15⋅9d	42⋅6 ± 9⋅6
Fruits	71⋅9 ± 54⋅0d,e	50⋅1 ± 11⋅2e	32⋅3 ± 4⋅1d	21⋅7 ± 5⋅7
Eggs	167⋅8 ± 136⋅4d	83⋅5 ± 90⋅8e	189⋅2 ± 188⋅4d	0⋅0 ± 0⋅0

^aMeans ± standard deviations of ten portions of three menus.

^bMeans ± standard deviations of ten portions of two menus.

^cRecommended amount for respective age group according to the Lunch Standard for Thai Children.

^dMean values of rice with side dish and one-dish meal of the same school are significantly different (P < 0⋅05).

^eMean values of the same dish style of kindergarten and elementary school are significantly different (P < 0⋅05).