TABLE 2—

Median Body Mass Index Among Texas Schoolchildren, by Grade, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity: School Physical Activity and Nutrition (SPAN) Monitoring System, Year 1 (2000–2001)

	Median Body Mass Index (Interquartile Range)
	African American	Hispanic	White/Other	All
Girls
4th grade	20.9 (5.6)	19.3 (7.5)	18.5 (4.8)	19.2 (5.9)
8th grade	20.9 (7.9)	22.3 (6.1)	21.6 (6.1)	21.9 (6.3)
11th grade	22.9 (5.5)	23.7 (7.0)	22.2 (4.1)	22.5 (4.5)
Boys
4th grade	19.3 (4.5)	19.5 (7.3)	17.6 (3.7)	18.4 (5.9)
8th grade	19.2 (3.4)	22.8 (8.3)	20.9 (4.9)	21.3 (5.8)
11th grade	23.2 (4.6)	23.0 (7.2)	23.2 (3.1)	23.2 (5.6)

^aWhite/other category includes non-Hispanic White, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, and “other.”