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Table 3 Number of food groups eaten by learners at baseline and after the intervention

From: Did HealthKick, a randomised controlled trial primary school nutrition intervention improve dietary quality of children in low-income settings in South Africa?

 

Baseline-2009

Follow-up 1-2010

Follow-up 2-2011

Number of groups eaten

I

C

I

C

I

C

N = 500

N = 498

N = 522

N = 539

N = 500

N = 543

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

1

2 (0.5)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.3)

1 (0.2)

2 (0.6)

2

12 (2.8)

15 (3.8)

3 (0.8)

7 (1.7)

6 (1.4)

6 (1.7)

3

81 (18.7)

63 (15.8)

37 (9.2)

39 (9.7)

36 (8.5)

38 (10.5)

4

117 (27.0)

117 (29.4)

97 (24.1)

120 (29.7)

108 (25.4)

104 (28.8)

5

124 (28.6)

122 (30.7)

134 (33.3)

142 (35.2)

155 (36.5)

100 (27.7)

6

67 (15.5)

64 (16.1)

83 (20.7)

61 (15.1)

83 (19.5)

73 (20.2)

7

24 (5.5)

12 (3.0)

35 (8.7)

30 (7.4)

29 (6.8)

33 (9.1)

8

5 (1.2)

3 (0.8)

13 (3.2)

4 (1.0)

7 (1.7)

4 (1.1)

9

1 (0.2)

2 (0.5)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Total

433 (100)

396 (100)

402 (100)

404 (100)

424 (100)

360 (100)

DDS ≤4

212 (49 %)

195 (49 %)

317 (79 %)

167 (41 %)

151 (36 %)

150 (42 %)

  1. I = intervention schools; C = control schools; DDS = dietary diversity score