Table 1.
Demographic profile of participants.
| Demographic characteristics | All participants (N=42), n (%) or mean (SD) | High-level interventiona (n=21), n (%) or mean (SD) |
Low-level interventionb (n=21), n (%) or mean (SD) |
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| Gender, n (%) |
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Male | 11 (26) | 5 (24) | 6 (29) |
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Female | 31 (74) | 16 (76) | 15 (71) |
| Ethnicity, n (%) |
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Non-Hispanic white | 13 (31) | 4 (19) | 9 (43) |
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Other ethnicities | 29 (69) | 17 (81) | 12 (57) |
| Age in years, mean (SD) | 15.8 (1.9) | 15.9 (2.1) | 15.6 (1.6) | |
| Age group, n (%) |
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12-13 years | 7 (17) | 5 (23) | 2 (10) |
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14-15 years | 9 (21) | 2 (10) | 7 (33) |
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16-18 years | 26 (62) | 14 (67) | 12 (57) |
| BMIcZ score, mean (SD) | 0.50 (0.89) | 0.46 (0.80) | 0.54 (0.99) | |
| BMI percentile, mean (SD) | 64.3 (25.9) | 63.9 (23.6) | 64.7 (28.6) | |
aHigh-level intervention involved one-on-one, face-to-face training and real-time support during food recording day.
bLow-level intervention involved one-on-one training via telephone conversation with only a follow-up after the food recording day.
cBMI: body mass index.