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

Table 4

Food intake at intervention and comparison schools.

	Spring 2009					Fall 2009					Spring 2010
Food	Intervention school		Comparison school		𝑃^a	Intervention school		Comparison school		𝑃^a	Intervention school		Comparison school		𝑃^a
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%		𝑛	%	𝑛	%		𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Fruit ≥ 1 time/day
No	101	56.1	118	61.1	0.32	394	56.5	183	54.5	0.53	130	56.5	138	58.2	0.71
Yes	79	43.9	75	38.9		303	43.5	153	45.5		100	43.5	99	41.8
Vegetables ≥ 3 times/day
No	162	90.0	170	88.1	0.55	629	90.2	289	86.0	0.04	200	87.0	212	89.5	0.40
Yes	18	10.0	23	11.9		68	9.8	47	14.0		30	13.0	25	10.5
Fast food ≥ 1 time/week
No	134	74.4	138	72.6	0.69	535	77.8	264	79.0	0.64	189	83.3	190	81.9	0.70
Yes	46	25.6	52	27.4		153	22.2	70	21.0		38	16.7	42	18.1
Pizza ≥ 1 time/week
No	132	73.7	143	75.3	0.74	575	82.7	269	80.3	0.34	188	81.7	187	79.2	0.50
Yes	47	26.3	47	24.7		120	17.3	66	19.7		42	18.3	49	20.8
Chips ≥ 1 time/week
No	84	48.3	69	37.1	0.03	322	47.0	137	41.6	0.11	101	45.5	94	40.5	0.28
Yes	90	51.7	117	62.9		363	53.0	192	58.4		121	54.5	138	59.5
Candy ≥ 1 time/week
No	70	39.1	57	30.2	0.07	303	44.3	120	36.0	0.01	97	43.7	81	35.2	0.07
Yes	109	60.9	132	69.8		381	55.7	213	64.0		125	56.3	149	64.8
Soda ≥ 1 time/day
No	166	93.3	168	88.0	0.08	616	89.5	285	86.1	0.11	222	96.9	215	91.1	0.01
Yes	12	6.7	23	12.0		72	10.5	46	13.9		7	3.1	21	8.9
Fruit juice ≥ 1 time/day
No	49	28.3	53	28.8	0.92	199	29.1	114	35.4	0.04	79	35.9	80	34.6	0.78
Yes	124	71.7	131	71.2		485	70.9	208	64.6		141	64.1	151	65.4

^aPearson’s chi-square test.