Table 1.

Frequencies and percentages of adolescents meeting guidelines for physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and healthy weight status, 2011–2015 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System.

	n	N	%	(95% CI)	p
	Physical activity
Total	118,167	491,093	25.8%	(25.2%–26.4%)
Sex
Female	42,533	249,715	17.7%	(17.1%–18.3%)
Male	75,036	237,957	33.8%	(33.1%–34.6%)	<.0001
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	66,265	256,967	27.7%	(27.0%–28.4%)
Non-Hispanic black	12,887	60,859	23.6%	(22.7%–24.5%)
Hispanic/Latino	16,978	77,819	23.7%	(22.6%–24.7%)
Other	19,216	82,448	24.1%	(22.2%–26.0%)	<.0001
	Fruit and vegetable consumption
Total	37,809	488,149	8.0%	(7.6%–8.3%)
Sex
Female	17,623	248,831	7.1%	(6.8%–7.5%)
Male	19,822	236,173	8.7%	(8.2%–9.1%)	<.0001
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	18,210	250,077	7.1%	(6.8%–7.4%)
Non-Hispanic black	4,650	64,463	8.2%	(7.7%–8.8%)
Hispanic/Latino	6,254	78,444	9.0%	(8.4%–9.7%)
Other	7,537	82,367	9.8%	(8.3%–11.4%)	<.0001
	Healthy weight status
Total	355,603	490,919	71.5%	(70.7%–72.3%)
Sex
Female	188,033	248,691	74.8%	(74.1%–75.6%)
Male	167,570	242,228	68.3%	(67.2%–69.3%)	<.0001
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	194,365	257,731	75.0%	(74.4%–75.6%)
Non-Hispanic black	42,983	64,712	65.8%	(64.9%–66.7%)
Hispanic/Latino	52,572	77,613	65.1%	(63.6%–66.6%)
Other	58,179	80,264	76.1%	(73.3%–78.8%)	<.0001

Note. Frequencies are unweighted, and percentages are weighted. P-values indicate results of chi-square tests of independence of health behaviors for sex or race/ethnicity subgroups.

CI=confidence interval.