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Evaluation of a Fresh Fruit Distribution Program in an Ethnically Diverse San Francisco High School

Table 2

Baseline weekly fruit and vegetable consumption data at intervention school in fall 2008.
Food 𝑛 a (%)Mean ± SD
Fruit ≥ 1 time/day  
 No345 (52.7%) 
 Yes310 (47.3%) 
Total fruitb 8.97 ± 8.82
 Apple 2.31 ± 2.08
 Melon 1.72 ± 2.00
 Orange 1.89 ± 2.08
 Pear 1.65 ± 1.98
 Plum 1.63 ± 1.94
Vegetables ≥ 3 times/day  
 No597 (91.1%) 
 Yes58 (8.9%) 
Total vegetablesc 9.13 ± 8.68
 Asparagus 0.59 ± 1.26
 Broccoli 1.34 ± 1.70
 Carrot 1.26 ± 1.78
 Corn 1.16 ± 1.54
 Potato 1.52 ± 1.77
 Salad 1.74 ± 2.01
 Squash 0.49 ± 1.06
 Tomato1.46 ± 2.03
aTotal 𝑛 = 6 5 5 but categories do not always add up to 655 due to missing data.
bTotal fruit consumption based on sum of individual fruit consumption.
cTotal vegetable consumption based on sum of individual vegetable consumption.