Table 2. Trying to lose weight prevalence by weight status across sex and race/ethnicity.
| White, n=2671 | Black, n=1023 | Asian, n=209 | Hispanic, n=391 | Others, n=217 | Total, N=4511 | |
| % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | |
| Females | ||||||
| Normal weight | 28.9(220) | 14.0(38) | 36.5(21) | 33.9(27) | 24.5(13) | 27.8(319) |
| Overweight | 58.0(193) | 27.5(63) | 63.2(17) | 64.8(43) | 72.4(18) | 56.1(534) |
| Obese | 71.4(225) | 69.2(138) | 69.2(10) | 63.4(34) | 75.5(28) | 70.3(435) |
| Total | 45.3(638) | 40.5(239) | 47.0(48) | 51.1(104) | 53.4(59) | 45.5(1088) |
| Males | ||||||
| Normal weight | 3.8(23) | 1.0(3) | 3.9(2) | 10.2(8) | 9.3(3) | 4.1(39) |
| Overweight | 21.5(91) | 11.5(18) | 27.9(11) | 35.2(25) | 29.9(10) | 22.4(155) |
| Obese | 48.4(134) | 38.3(50) | 60.8(12) | 67.2(27) | 55.3(16) | 49.3(239) |
| Total | 19.9(248) | 12.8(71) | 26.0(25) | 32.9(60) | 26.0(29) | 20.3(433) |