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Calories In, Calories Out: Food and Exercise in Public Elementary Schools, 2005

NCES 2006-057
May 2006

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Figure 1. Percent of public elementary schools reporting the availability of foods, by type of food services: 2005
Percent of public elementary schools reporting the availability of foods, by type of food services: 2005
1 Food services at the school include foods and beverages available to students in the school cafeteria or lunchroom (e.g., school meals, a la carte items, and vending machine foods) and foods and beverages sold at vending machines and school stores or snack bars.
2 Cafeteria food services include school meals and foods sold outside of school meals as a la carte items or at vending machines in the cafeteria.
3 Full school meals include free, reduced-price, and full-price school meals under the School Breakfast Program or the National School Lunch Program.
4 Vending machine foods include foods available at vending machines that may or may not be located in the school cafeteria.
5 School store or snack bar foods include foods available at school stores or snack bars that may or may not be located in the school cafeteria.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System (FRSS), "Foods and Physical Activity in Public Elementary Schools: 2005," FRSS 87, 2005.
 

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