. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Sch Nurs. 2014 Oct 13;31(2):135–145. doi: 10.1177/1059840514554089

Table 3.

Comparisons of Health Behaviors by BMI Status for Race/Ethnicity.

	White, non-Latino (n = 134)			White, Latino (n = 85)			Black, non-Latino (n = 83)			Multi-race (n = 49)			Asian (n = 21)
Health Behavior	Normal Weight^a	Overweight/ Obese^b	p	Normal Weight^a	Overweight/ Obese^b	p	Normal Weight^a	Overweight/ Obese^b	p	Normal Weight^a	Overweight/ Obese^b	p	Normal Weight^a	Overweight/ Obese^b	p
Screen time (hours/day)
Total weekday	5.60	5.96	.36	5.31	5.44	.81	6.40	6.15	.66	6.50	6.00	.85	5.92	6.89	.29
Total weekend	5.99	6.25	.57	5.14	5.93	.21	6.91	6.69	.71	6.71	6.18	.71	7.17	6.67	.12
Physical activity (days/week)
Vigorous exercise^c	3.92	3.75	.69	2.70	3.05	.46	3.56	2.81	.15	3.08	4.41	.19	2.58	2.56	.23
Moderate exercise^d	4.29	3.87	.32	3.33	3.30	.96	3.79	3.45	.54	3.83	4.50	.07	4.08	3.56	.80
Healthy eating (servings/day)
Fruits and Vegetables	2.78	3.03	.42	2.51	2.60	.82	2.67	2.87	.62	1.57	2.19	.83	2.25	1.33	.07

Note. BMI = body mass index.

BMI < 85th percentile (<23.85 kg/m²).

BMI ≥ 85th percentile (≥ 23.85 kg/m²).

Number of days per week where the duration is 20 min or longer.

Number of days per week where the duration is 30 min or longer.