Table 5 Number of meals and dietary diversity scores of school meals and all meals measured using a retrospective one-day food recall method for children in grades 4–5
From: Home-grown school feeding: assessment of a pilot program in Nepal
Outcome variable | Pilot (n = 375) | Control (n = 370) | % change | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
Meals eaten in last 24 h (0–5) | 4.5 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 0.038 |
Dietary diversity score school meal (0–7) | 2.3 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 43.8 | < 0.001 |
Dietary diversity score all meals (0–7) | 3.9 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 11.4 | < 0.001 |