Table 6.
Estimated impacts of plate waste in school lunch programme
| Impacts | Kindergarten (531 students) | Elementary school (239 students) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capitaa | School dayb | School yearc | Capitaa | School dayb | School yearc | |
| Quantity loss (g) | 71⋅4 ± 21⋅9 | 37⋅9 × 103 | 7582 × 103 | 31⋅8 ± 10⋅0 | 7⋅6 × 103 | 1520 × 103 |
| Caloric loss (kcal) | 146⋅2 ± 45⋅5 | 77 632⋅2 | 15 526 440 | 124⋅7 ± 25⋅5 | 29 803.3 | 5 960 660 |
| Financial loss (Thai baht) | 4⋅8 ± 1⋅3 | 2548⋅8 | 509 760 | 1⋅9 ± 0⋅4 | 454⋅1 | 90 820 |
a
Means ± standard deviations of 5 aggregate samples of 108 portions for kindergarten or 48 portions for elementary school.
b
Calculated by multiplying per capita values with the number of students.
c
Calculated by multiplying per school day values with the number of school day in a school year (200).