Table 1.

Characteristics of Children and Their Parents

	n = 115, n (%)	M (SD)
Child’s age (years)		7.5 (2.8)
Child’s sex, male	58 (50.4)
Child’s ethnicity
Hispanic/Latino	9 (7.8)
Not Hispanic/Latino	106 (9.2)
Child’s race
American Indian/Alaskan Native	2 (1.7)
Asian	1 (0.9)
African American	76 (66.1)
White	24 (20.9)
Other	12 (10.4)
Child’s insurance coverage
Health choice (SCHIP)	20 (17.4)
Medicaid	95 (82.6)
Body mass index classification of child
Healthy weight (5th to <85th percentile)	58 (50.4)
Overweight (85 to <95th percentile)	17 (14.8)
Obese (≥95th percentile)	40 (34.8)
Gender of parent, female	106 (92.2)
Parent’s classification of own weight
Underweight	1 (0.9)
Healthy weight	51 (44.4)
Overweight	63 (54.8)