Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants.
| n | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender (missing = 5) | ||
| Male | 2894 | 38.8 |
| Female | 4557 | 61.2 |
| Age (missing = 20) | ||
| 18–34 | 1075 | 14.5 |
| 35–39 | 490 | 6.6 |
| 40–44 | 578 | 7.8 |
| 45+ | 5293 | 71.2 |
| Race/ethnicity (missing = 298) | ||
| Hispanic | 621 | 8.7 |
| White | 5434 | 75.9 |
| Black | 680 | 9.5 |
| Asian | 201 | 2.8 |
| Non-Hispanic other | 222 | 3.1 |
| Education (missing = 159) | ||
| Less than high school | 683 | 9.4 |
| High school graduate | 1801 | 24.7 |
| Some college | 2185 | 29.9 |
| College graduate | 2628 | 38 |
| Information-seeking (missing = 2506) | ||
| Yes | 1813 | 36.6 |
| No | 3137 | 63.4 |
| Weight loss (missing = 28) | ||
| Yes | 4096 | 55.1 |
| No | 3332 | 44.9 |
| Weight perception (missing = 28) | ||
| Underweight | 336 | 4.5 |
| “Just right” | 2177 | 29.3 |
| Slightly overweight | 2690 | 36.2 |
| Overweight | 2225 | 30 |
| Weight misperception (missing = 237) | ||
| Underestimated | 849 | 11.8 |
| Correctly estimated | 5495 | 76.1 |
| Overestimated | 875 | 12.1 |
| F and V recommendations (missing = 137) | ||
| Less than 5 | 4155 | 56.8 |
| 5–9 | 2567 | 35.1 |
| More than 9 | 597 | 8.2 |
| PA recommendations (missing = 995) | ||
| Sedentary (0 minutes) | 58 | .9 |
| <Recommended (15–149) | 2705 | 41.9 |
| Recommended (150) | 893 | 13.8 |
| >Recommended (151–300) | 1937 | 30 |
| >300 | 868 | 13.4 |