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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nutr Educ Behav. 2015 Mar 4;47(3):206–215.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2015.01.002

Table 1.

Participant sociodemographics, weight-related behaviors, and household characteristics

Sociodemographic
n
Age at randomization (years), M (SD), range 5–10 years 421 6.6 (1.7)
BMI percentile, M (SD) 421 84.9 (6.9)
Parents with at least college education (%) 418 71.0%
Child, Hispanic ethnicity 419 6.9%
Child race 421
 White (%) 71.5%
 Black or African American (%) 10.5%
 Multi-racial (%) 11.6%
 Asian (%) 3.3%
 American Indian/Alaskan Native 0.5%
 Unknown 2.6%
Sex of child; Females (%) 421 49.4%
Physical activity and dietary intake
Screen time (hours/day), M (SD) 418 2.4 (1.3)
Moderate-vigorous physical activity (minutes/day), M (SD) 322 53.6 (30.9)
Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption (servings/day), M (SD) 396 0.8 (1.1)
Fruit-vegetable consumption (servings/day), M (SD) 396 2.8 (2.4)
Household
Fruit & vegetables available (range: 0–24), M (SD) 420 13.7 (3.9)
Unhealthy snacks available (range: 0–4), M (SD) 420 1.8 (1.8)
Sugar-sweetened beverages available (range: 0–4), M (SD) 420 1.5 (1.2)
Active play equipment available (range: 0–34), M (SD) 420 19.3 (6.0)
Active/exercise media available (range: 0–2), M (SD) 420 0.7 (.59)
Non-active/exercise media available (range: 0–11), M (SD) 420 5.5 (2.2)
TV/computer/videogames in child’s bedroom (%) 420 25%
Family behavior patterns
Family meals with TV on 417
 0 times, past week (%) 48.2%
 1–2 times, past week (%) 21.4%
 3–4 times, past week (%) 13.9%
 5–6 times, past week (%) 9.8%
 7+ times, past week (%) 6.7%
Frequency of parent physical activity with child 416
 0 times, past week (%) 12.3%
 1–2 times, past week (%) 32.2%
 3–4 times, past week (%) 33.7%
 5–7 times, past week (%) 16.6%
 8+ times, past week (%) 5.2%
Eating fast food 419
 0 times, past week (%) 33.7%
 1–2 times, past week (%) 62.8%
 3–4 times, past week (%) 3.3%
 5–6 times, past week (%) 0.2%
Number of parent-child physical activities (range: 0–25), M (SD) 420 3.0 (2.6)