Table 2.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Focus Group Participants

Parent and Household Characteristics	(N=41) Mean (SD) or N (%)
Age, years	41.3 (6.7)
Relationship to positive outlier child
Mother	36 (88%)
Father	3 (7%)
Other Guardian	2 (5%)
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	17 (42%)
Non-Hispanic Black	17 (42%)
Hispanic	5 (12%)
Other	2 (5%)
Education
Post-graduate	8 (20%)
College graduate	18 (44%)
Some College	9 (22%)
High School or less	6 (15%)
Employment status, full-time	25 (61%)
Primary language spoken at home
English	33 (81%)
Spanish	3 (7%)
Other	5 (12%)
≥2 children at home	31 (76%)
Positive Outlier Child Characteristics
Age, years	8.8 (1.8)
Sex, female	13 (32%)
BMI z-score slope	−0.10 (0.06)
Time between first and last BMI measure, years	3.2 (0.8)