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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2016 Feb 3;24(3):719–726. doi: 10.1002/oby.21369

Table 1.

Unadjusted measures of weight status, weight-related behaviors, and the school, home, and neighborhood environment, overall and by race/gender*

Overall Black girls Black boys White girls White boys
N 5153 866 799 1712 1776
Weight status
  Overweight (%) 17.2 16.8 19.5 16.7 17.4
  Obese (%) 18.5 29.2 18.7 18.1 16.7
Dietary consumption (mean)
  Fruits/vegetables – cups/day 2.2 1.8 2.0 2.4 2.2
  Fast food – days/week 1.9 2.4 2.5 1.6 1.8
  Regular soda – servings/week 5.3 7.5 6.8 3.9 5.9
  Diet soda – servings/week 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.4
  Other SSBs – servings/week 11.4 13.0 17.0 9.5 11.8
  100% fruit juice – servings/week 5.7 7.4 8.5 4.8 5.8
  Water – servings/week 15.6 13.9 15.9 15.7 15.9
Physical activity/sedentary behaviors (mean)
  MVPA – days/week 4.3 3.5 4.5 3.9 4.9
  Team sports in the past year 1.2 0.8 1.4 1.1 1.3
  Activities in the past year 10.0 6.7 7.9 10.5 10.7
  PE classes – days/week 2.3 2.1 2.5 2.0 2.5
  Active school transportation – days/week 3.2 3.8 3.9 2.9 3.2
  Screen time – hours/day 4.6 7.3 6.2 3.9 4.5
School food environment
  Access to vending machines – SSBs (%) 82.1 77.6 79.9 83.9 81.9
  Access to vending machines – snacks (%) 68.1 60.3 67.6 68.0 70.0
  Access to vending machines – fruits/vegetables (%) 9.2 7.4 9.5 6.6 12.3
  Source of lunch on school day (%)
    Brought from home 23.3 11.8 10.6 30.7 21.1
    Complete school lunch 46.3 48.7 55.2 38.4 51.7
    Other source at school 16.8 22.3 19.6 17.8 14.0
    None/elsewhere 13.6 17.2 14.6 13.1 13.2
Home/neighborhood environment
  Fruit/vegetable access (mean, range 1–5) 4.0 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.0
  Unhealthy snack access (mean, range 1–5) 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.5
  TV in bedroom (%) 69.1 7.1 7.3 24.5 30.2
  Access to PA facilities (mean, range 1–5) 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.2
  Quality of PA equipment (mean, range 1–5) 2.0 2.7 2.2 2.1 1.8
  Perceived safety for PA (mean, range 1–5) 1.9 2.4 2.1 2.0 1.6

Abbreviations: SSB = sugar-sweetened beverages; MVPA = moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; PE = physical education; PA = physical activity

*

Non-Hispanic only