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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2013 Nov 1;47(3):287–295. doi: 10.1002/eat.22213

TABLE 1.

Demographic characteristics of children and parents

n = 117 pairs
Child
Sex (% female) 53
Age (mean, SD) 10.42 (1.35)
Race
 Caucasian (%) 54
 African American (%) 14
 Multi-Race (%) 20
 Other (%) 12
BMI (SD) 27.22 (4.56)
BMI-Z (SD) 2.06 (.39)
EAH% (mean percent of daily caloric needs, SD) 15.22 (11.60)
Parent
Sex (% female) 91
Marital Status (% currently married) 68
Education (% college graduates) 57
Race
 Caucasian (%) 70
 African American (%) 14
 Multi-Race (%) 8
 Other (%) 8
Mother’s BMI (mean, SD) 31.53 (7.09)

SD, Standard Deviation; BMI, Body Mass Index; BMI-Z, Body Mass Index Z-Score; EAH, Calories consumed during the Eating in the Absence of Hunger Paradigm.