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
(%)
Mean ± SD
Fruit ≥ 1 time/day
No
345 (52.7%)
Yes
310 (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
No
597 (91.1%)
Yes
58 (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
Tomato
1.46 ± 2.03
aTotal 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.