Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of the study sample (n = 20,277)
| n | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Weight‐related teasing frequency | ||
| Not weight‐teased | 16,833 | 83.0 |
| 1–2 times in past few months | 2,016 | 9.9 |
| 2–3 times per month | 581 | 2.9 |
| About once a week | 392 | 1.9 |
| Several times a week | 455 | 2.2 |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 10,134 | 49.8 |
| Female | 10,143 | 50.2 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| White | 13,861 | 68.0 |
| Aboriginal | 1,268 | 2.8 |
| Arab and West Asian | 263 | 1.5 |
| Black | 432 | 2.6 |
| East Indian and South Asian | 604 | 3.3 |
| East and Southeast Asian | 616 | 3.6 |
| Latin American | 140 | 1.0 |
| Other and mixed ethnicity | 3,093 | 17.3 |
| Perceived family wealth | ||
| Very well off | 4,238 | 21.8 |
| Quite well off | 6,742 | 34.7 |
| Average | 7,403 | 34.1 |
| Not very well off | 1425 | 7.1 |
| Not at all well off | 469 | 2.3 |
| Immigration status | ||
| Born in Canada | 16,561 | 81.4 |
| Immigrated past 5 years | 993 | 4.6 |
| Immigrated >5 years ago | 2,723 | 13.9 |
| Body mass index | ||
| Normal weight | 14,539 | 72.5 |
| Overweight | 3,829 | 18.6 |
| Obese | 1,909 | 8.9 |