Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of students by Weight Status Category1
|
Overall2 n = 786 n |
Healthy Weight n = 506 %(n) |
At-risk for Overweight n = 133 %(n) |
Overweight n = 147 %(n) |
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| Gender3 | ||||
| Overall | 786 | 64.4(506) | 16.9(133) | 18.7(147) |
| Male | 409 | 63.6(260) | 15.6(64) | 20.8(85) |
| Female | 377 | 65.3(246) | 18.3(69) | 16.4(62) |
| Age (years) | ||||
| Males | ||||
| 10 and under | 50 | 11.9(31) | 12.5(8) | 12.9(11) |
| 11 | 94 | 23.5(61) | 23.4.(15) | 21.2(18) |
| 12 | 108 | 26.2(68) | 28.1(18) | 25.9(22) |
| 13 | 114 | 26.9(70) | 26.6(17) | 31.8(27) |
| 14 and older | 43 | 11.6(30) | 9.4(6) | 8.2(7) |
| Females | ||||
| 10 and under | 55 | 15.8 (39) | 8.7(6) | 16.1(10) |
| 11 | 89 | 23.6 (58) | 20.3(14) | 27.4(17) |
| 12 | 102 | 24.8 (61) | 31.9(22) | 30.6(19) |
| 13 | 97 | 26.0 (64) | 30.4(21) | 19.4(12) |
| 14 and older | 34 | 9.7 (24) | 8.7(6) | 6.5(4) |
| Race ethnicity | ||||
| Males | ||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 162 | 67.9(110) | 13.0(21) | 19.1(31) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 122 | 61.5(75) | 17.2(21) | 21.3(26) |
| Hispanic | 40 | 42.5(17) | 22.5(9) | 35.0(14) |
| Asian | 33 | 72.7(24) | 18.2(6) | 9.1(3) |
| Other | 50 | 68.0(34) | 12.0(6) | 20.0(10) |
| Females | ||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 134 | 71.6(96) | 16.4(22) | 11.9(16) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 114 | 53.5(61) | 21.9(25) | 24.6(28) |
| Hispanic | 43 | 67.4(29) | 14.0(6) | 18.6(8) |
| Asian | 31 | 87.1(27) | 6.5(2) | 6.5(2) |
| Other | 52 | 57.7(30) | 26.9(14) | 15.4(8) |
1Weight status definitions based on CDC 2000 Growth Reference (16): Healthy weight = 5th to <85th percentile BMI; at-risk for overweight = 85th to <95th percentile BMI; Overweight = ≥95th percentile BMI.
2 Sample sizes vary slightly due to missing data.
3 Percentages sum to 100% row-wise.