Table 2.

Participant Characteristics of 3,312 Participants Representing 195,167,928 U.S. Adults by Weight Status

Characteristics	Normal BMI, Weighted % (SE) (n=848; 26.3%)	Overweight, weighted % (SE) (n=976; 29.0%)	Obese, weighted % (SE) (n=1,488; 44.7%)
Age, in years, mean (SD)	40.6 (1.9)	48.0 (1.9)	46.6 (1.4)
Female	56.1 (3.2)	45.9 (2.9)	48.0 (2.2)
Race/ethnicity
Asian	8.5 (1.6)	7.4 (1.5)	2.2 (0.4)
Black	10.2 (1.5)	9.6 (1.9)	13.4 (2.2)
Hispanic	11.4 (1.7)	18.8 (2.7)	17.5 (2.2)
Multiracial/additional	3.7 (0.7)	4.3 (1.1)	4.3 (1.1)
White	66.2 (2.9)	59.9 (4.6)	59.9 (4.6)
Education
Some HS or lower	14.5 (1.7)	10.1 (1.5)	10.6 (0.8)
HS diploma, AA/AS degree, or some college	48.2 (3.6)	52.1 (3.1)	64.4 (2.6)
Four-year college degree or higher	37.3 (4.5)	37.8 (3.2)	25.1 (2.5)
Family income
≤200% FPL	27.6 (2.3)	25.3 (2.6)	30.7 (1.6)
>200% FPL	61.4 (2.7)	66.2 (2.6)	61.9 (2.4)
Missing data	11.0 (1.8)	8.5 (1.5)	7.4 (1.2)
Diet-related comorbidities
Hypertension	14.4 (2.3)	30.0 (2.2)	41.2 (2.9)
Hyperlipidemia	23.1 (2.5)	33.8 (2.5)	33.4 (2.0)
Diabetes	4.6 (0.8)	9.6 (1.0)	16.5 (1.4)
Prediabetes	4.1 (0.9)	12.5 (2.4)	14.7 (1.7)
Coronary artery disease	2.1 (0.7)	3.3 (0.7)	4.1 (0.8)
Congestive heart failure	0.3 (0.2)	1.0 (0.3)	3.0 (0.4)
Stroke	2.0 (0.6)	2.2 (0.7)	4.2 (0.9)
Controlling or losing weight	46.1 (2.6)	68.1 (2.6)	77.1 (1.7)
Meals away from home over past 7 days, mean (SD)	3.8 (0.6)	3.7 (0.5)	3.7 (0.3)
Recent tobacco smoking	20.0 (2.4)	17.8 (1.5)	19.6 (1.4)
Recreational physical activity, MIEMs/week, mean (SD)	318 (71)	289 (36)	243 (46)
Label use
Did not notice labels	43.7 (3.3)	41.2 (1.7)	42.7 (1.7)
Noticed labels	31.2 (2.5)	29.8 (3.2)	30.1 (1.8)
Used labels	25.1 (3.0)	29.0 (2.3)	27.2 (2.6)

AA, Associate of Arts; AS, Associate of Science; FPL, federal poverty level; HS, high school; MIEM, moderate-intensity–equivalent minute.