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

Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2014 Jun 19;22(9):1973–1980. doi: 10.1002/oby.20814

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Public School Employees (N=633) Participating In a Weight Gain Prevention Intervention

Characteristic	Study Sample (N=633)

	N (%)
Gender
Female	415 (65.6%)
Race/ethnicity
White	609 (96.2%)
Non-White	24 (3.8%)
Education (highest level attained)
< College degree	136 (21.5%)
College degree	194 (30.6%)
Graduate degree	303 (47.9%)
Occupation
Teacher	367 (58.0%)
Staff	266 (42.0%)
Marital Status
Married	453 (71.6%)
Living as married	33 (5.2%)
Separated or divorced	44 (7.0%)
Widowed	11 (1.7%)
Never married	92 (14.5%)
Weight status
Healthy weight (BMI 18.5–24.9)	232 (36.7%)
Overweight (BMI 25.0–29.9)	232 (36.6%)
Obese (BMI ≥30.0)	169 (26.7%)
	Mean (SD)
Age (years)	44.6 (11.3)
Weight (kg)	78.8 (18.2)
BMI (kg/m²)	27.6 (5.6)