Table 5.
Estimated food intake from lunch meals in school lunch programme
Food groups | Kindergarten | Elementary school | ||
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Rice with side disha | One-dish mealb | Rice with side disha | One-dish mealb | |
Intake per capita | ||||
Rice (g) | 107⋅7 ± 34⋅8d,e | 147⋅5 ± 3⋅4 | 191⋅4 ± 5⋅6d | 155⋅5 ± 11⋅4 |
Meats (g) | 23⋅6 ± 24⋅8 | 50⋅3 ± 13⋅0 | 33⋅4 ± 15⋅7 | 47⋅6 ± 8⋅4 |
Vegetables (g) | 15⋅5 ± 13⋅5 | 0⋅0 ± 0⋅0e | 31⋅0 ± 7⋅8 | 27⋅6 ± 4⋅7 |
Fruits (g) | 35⋅2 ± 32⋅4 | 28⋅5 ± 5⋅2 | 43⋅0 ± 5⋅6 | 28⋅7 ± 7⋅0 |
Eggs (g) | 26⋅5 ± 24⋅5 | 14⋅4 ± 16⋅6 | 35⋅8 ± 40⋅5 | 0⋅0 ± 0⋅0 |
% Recommendationc | ||||
Rice | 130⋅6 ± 42⋅2d | 178⋅8 ± 4⋅1e | 139⋅2 ± 4⋅1d | 113⋅1 ± 8⋅3 |
Meats | 49⋅2 ± 51⋅6 | 104⋅6 ± 27⋅0e | 46⋅4 ± 21⋅9 | 66⋅0 ± 11⋅7 |
Vegetables | 44⋅4 ± 38⋅7 | 0⋅0 ± 0⋅0e | 44⋅3 ± 11⋅1 | 39⋅5 ± 6⋅8 |
Fruits | 52⋅2 ± 48⋅1 | 42⋅2 ± 7⋅7e | 31⋅8 ± 4⋅2d | 21⋅2 ± 5⋅2 |
Eggs | 132⋅4 ± 122⋅7 | 72⋅0 ± 83⋅1 | 179⋅2 ± 202⋅6 | 0⋅0 ± 0⋅0 |
Means ± standard deviations of 3 aggregate samples of 108 portions for kindergarten or 48 portions for elementary school.
Means ± standard deviations of 2 aggregate samples of 108 portions for kindergarten or 48 portions for elementary school.
Recommended amount for respective age group according to the Lunch Standard for Thai Children.
Mean values of rice with side dish and one-dish meal of the same school are significantly different (P < 0⋅05).
Mean values of the same dish style of kindergarten and elementary school are significantly different (P < 0⋅05).