Table 1.

Family characteristics by program

Program	N	Gender (n female)	Age (range years)	Ethnicity	Highest education	Weight problem since (range years) a	Weight loss after LP (n yes) b	Motivated to lose weight after LP (n yes) c
Primary health centre	7	4	9–15	3 Dutch	7 Secondary school	3–5	2	3
				2 Moroccan
				1 Surinamese
				1 Turkish
Youth Health care	7	3	7–11	2 Dutch	7 Secondary school	1–4	2	3
				2 Moroccan
				3 Turkish
Paediatric	4	3	8–12	4 Dutch	2 Secondary school	2–5	3	2
					1 College
					1 University

^aWeight problem since – range of years that the child has had a weight problem at the time of initiation of the interview

^bWeight loss after current lifestyle program (LP)

^cMotivation of child to lose weight after current lifestyle program (LP)