Table 1.
Availability of parent-reported child height and weight data, when parents recall last obtaining these measures, and source of parent report
| By child age | By child race/ethnicity | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Ages 3–5 y | Ages 6–12 y | NonHispanic White | Black | Latino | Asian | |
| (N = 1053) | (N = 434) | (N = 619) | (N = 276) | (N = 116) | (N = 409) | (n = 197) | |
| % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | |
| Height | 59.1 (622) | 59.0 (256) | 59.1 (366) | 71.4 (197) | 64.7 (75) | 52.8b (216) | 51.3b (101) |
| Weight | 75.6 (796) | 79.5 (345) | 73.2a (453) | 88.0 (243) | 75.4b (68) | 70.2b (287) | 70.6b (139) |
| Usable BMI-for-age percentile data for weight classification1 | 53.0 (558) | 51.8a (225) | 53.8 (333) | 68.5 (189) | 58.6 (68) | 45.5b (186) | 43.1b (85) |
| Perception of whether child is overweight | 98.1 (1033) | 99.5 (432) | 97.1 (601) | 99.6 (275) | 100.0 (116) | 96.1 (393)b | 98.5 (194) |
| Last learned child’s weight | |||||||
| Within past 7 days | 20.0 (211) | 22.8 (99) | 18.1 (112) | 22.5 (62) | 16.4 (19) | 15.7b (64) | 27.9 (55) |
| >7 days but within past month | 27.5 (289) | 28.6 (124) | 26.7 (165) | 26.4 (73) | 25.0 (29) | 25.7 (105) | 32.5 (64) |
| >1 month but within past 6 months | 31.0 (325) | 32.5 (141) | 29.9 (185) | 35.9 (99) | 36.2 (42) | 31.5 (129) | 19.8 (39) |
| More than 6 months ago | 18.9 (199) | 14.1 (61) | 22.3a (138) | 13.4 (37) | 19.8 (23) | 23.2b (95) | 18.3 (36) |
| Not reported | 2.6 (28) | 2.0 (9) | 3.0 (19) | 1.8 (5) | 2.6 (3) | 3.9 (16) | 1.5 (3) |
| Last learned child’s height | |||||||
| Within past 7 days | 13.9 (146) | 15.4 (67) | 12.8 (79) | 14.5 (40) | 12.9 (15) | 12.0 (49) | 18.3 (36) |
| >7 days but within past month | 20.1 (212) | 21.4 (93) | 19.2 (119) | 21.4 (59) | 18.1 (21) | 18.6 (78) | 23.4 (46) |
| >1 month but within past 6 months | 33.3 (348) | 36.9 (60) | 30.4 (188) | 40.9 (113) | 37.9 (44) | 31.3 (128) | 20.8 (41) |
| More than 6 months ago | 28.4 (299) | 22.6 (98) | 32.5a (201) | 19.9 (55) | 28.4 (33) | 32.5b (133) | 32.0b (63) |
| Not reported | 4.5 (48) | 3.7 (16) | 5.1 (32) | 3.3 (9) | 2.6 (3) | 5.6 (23) | 5.6 (11) |
| Mother reporting | 84.6 (891) | 83.9 (364) | 85.1 (527) | 80.4 (222) | 88.8b (103) | 89.7b (367) | 78.2 (154) |
1BMI-for-age percentiles <1 were considered biologically implausible values and excluded from weight classification analyses.
aSignificantly different from 3 to 5 year olds by chi-square test (P < .05).
bSignificantly different from nonHispanic Whites by chi-square test (P < .05).