Table 1 Percentage of center directors reporting the number of occasions foods/ beverages were served at their childcare center (n = 292) the previous day
From: The food and activity environments of childcare centers in Rhode Island: a directors’ survey
Food/beverage item | All centers % | CACFP % | Non-CACFP % | p value* | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of times per day | Number of times per day | Number of times per day | ||||||||||||||
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
Fruit canned in syrup (heavy or lite) | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Other fruit including fresh, canned in water or own juice, dried or frozen | 30.8 | 43.9 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 0 | 5.5 | 36.1 | 27.8 | 30.6 | 0 | 44.9 | 46.48 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 0 | <0.0001 |
French fries, tater tots, hash browns, or other fried potatoes | 94.4 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86.1 | 13.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98.6 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0174 |
Beans | 88.8 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.4 | 30.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | <0.0001 |
Other vegetables including fresh, frozen, or canned | 78.5 | 16.8 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 0 | 63.9 | 25.0 | 8.3 | 2.8 | -- | 87.0 | 11.6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0 | .0167 |
Sweetened drinks | 96.3 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97.2 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95.7 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
100 % fruit or vegetable juice | 44.9 | 36.5 | 12.2 | 6.5 | 0 | 22.2 | 44.4 | 25.0 | 8.3 | 0 | 56.5 | 33.3 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 0 | .0007 |
Non-fat or 1 % milk | 33.6 | 22.4 | 26.2 | 15.0 | 2.8 | 11.1 | 13.9 | 41.7 | 25.0 | 8.3 | 46.4 | 26.1 | 18.8 | 8.7 | 0.00 | <0.0001 |
Water | 20.6 | 19.6 | 19.6 | 32.7 | 7.5 | 5.6 | 19.4 | 11.1 | 52.8 | 11.1 | 29.0 | 18.8 | 23.2 | 23.2 | 5.80 | .0030 |