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Table 1 Healthy and unhealthy categories according to intake of 13 food itemsa

From: Free school meals as an approach to reduce health inequalities among 10–12- year-old Norwegian children

Food item

Score 1 (“healthy”)

Score 0 (“unhealthy”)

 

Times per week

Times per week

Wholegrain bread

≥4

< 3

White bread

0

≥1

Crackers

0

≥1

Noodles

0

≥1

Pancakes

0

≥1

Buns, waffles, muffins

0

≥1

Chocolate spread

0

≥1

Fish spread

≥1

0

Jam

0

≥1

Fruits

≥4

< 3

Berries

≥1

0

Vegetables

≥4

< 3

Nuts/almonds

≥1

0

  1. a0 = never, 5 = every school day. Wholegrain bread includes wholegrain bread rolls; white bread includes white bread rolls