TABLE 1.

Descriptive Information of Study Participants

Demographic Factors	Summary Statistic
Caregiver age (mean, std)	37 (9.7)
Child age (mean, std)	5.8 (1.6)
Relation of respondent to child (%)
Mother	81
Grandmother	19
Child overweight (%)	81
Child obese (%)	19
Race/ethnicity (%)
White	19
Black/African American	69
Hispanic	13
Education level (%)
Less than 9th grade	6
Less than 12th grade	13
High school graduate	13
Some college	44
Associate’s degree	6
Bachelor’s degree	19
Employment status (%)
Unemployed/Disabled	37
Part-time	25
Self-employed	6
Full-time not in area of interest	6
Full-time in area of interest	25
% of monthly income spent on food (mean, std)	32.6 (13.5)
% of monthly income spent on recreation (mean, std)	4.4 (5.4)