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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Community Health. 2011 Jun;36(3):389–397. doi: 10.1007/s10900-010-9320-z

Table 1. Sample characteristics, N = 1,102.

Characteristic Number (percent)
Gender
 Girls 487 (50)
 Boys 497 (50)
Age
 11 203 (21)
 12 277 (29)
 13 307 (32)
 14 179 (19)
Ethnicity/Race
 Hispanic/Latino 780 (81)
 Non Latino 180 (19)
Obese (>95th BMI percentile)§ 142 (21)
Overweight (85th–95th BMI percentile)§ 123 (18)
Engaged in 20 min hard exercise/day 300 (28)
Engaged in 30 min moderate exercise/day 187 (18)
Engage in 60 min moderate-vigorous exercise/day 214 (20)
Park use (any use at least once a month) 975 (88)

Note Non-Latino includes African American (3%), American Indian/Alaska Native (2%), White (10%), Asian American (1%), Mixed (2%)

§

Percentages are based on valid responses for height and weight