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Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 Dec 24;18(6):1235–1241. doi: 10.1038/oby.2009.463

Table 3. Association of weight status with expectations for college for those who were adolescents in 1997.

	Percentage of adolescents with high expectations at baseline for future college degree attainment
	Unadjusted	Adjusted^b
Normal weight	51	50
Overweight	46	51
Obese	46	50
P value for trend	0.06	0.94

High expectations for future college degree attainment defined as having perceived that the chances that they will have a college degree by age 30 years are ≥90%.

Adjusted for age, height, sex, race, parental income and education, participant aptitude tests and rural residence.