Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of parents and children

	n	%
Parent ethnicity
White	26	50
Non-white	26	50
Parent socioeconomic deprivation
Deprived (IMD 1/2 quintile)	23	44
Nondeprived (IMD 3/4/5 quintile)	29	56
Parent gender
Male	9	17
Female	43	83
Child age
4–5 years	26	50
10–11 years	26	50
Child gender
Boy	29	56
Girl	23	44
Child weight status
Overweight	19	37
Obese	33	63

IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation.