TABLE 1.
Demographics and prevalence of weight-control strategies in 2001 among 4456 female adolescents and young adults in the Growing Up Today Study
| Value | |
| Age (y) | 17.6 ± 1.61 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 22.1 ± 3.4 |
| Weight status (%) | |
| Overweight | 13.80 |
| Obese | 4.2 |
| Weight-change efforts (%) | |
| Trying to maintain | 23.7 |
| Trying to lose | 54.3 |
| Dietary weight-control strategies (%) | |
| Low-calorie diet | 24.7 |
| Low-fat diet | 25.2 |
| No snacks or desserts (%) | 32.5 |
| Limited portion sizes (%) | 23.1 |
| Skip meals (%) | 19.9 |
| Weight-loss shakes (%) | 7.8 |
| Commercial program (%) | 6.4 |
| Exercised to control weight (%) | |
| 1–4 d/wk | 33.7 |
| ≥5 d/wk | 14.0 |
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Mean ± SD (all such values).