Table 1:
Demographic Characteristics of Samples 1 and 2
| Sample 1 (n = 120) |
Sample 2 (n = 100) |
Combined (n = 220) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Age in Years (Mean, SD) | 15.87 (1.13) | 15.51 (1.60) | 15.70 (1.37) |
| Self-Reported Gender | |||
| Female (n, %) | 75 (63%) | 42 (42%) | 117 (53%) |
| Male (n, %) | 45 (38%) | 56 (56%) | 101 (46%) |
| Transgender or different gender than sex at birth (n, %) | Not asked | 3 (3%) | -- |
| BMI Classification at Time of Survey | |||
| Obese (n, %) | 49 (41%) | 98 (100%)a | 147 (67%) |
| Overweight (n, %) | 46 (38%) | 0 (0.0%) | 46 (21%) |
| Normal (n, %) | 25 (21%) | 0 (0.0%) | 25 (11%) |
| Self-Reported Desire to Lose Weight | 88 (73%) | 72 (72%) | 160 (73%) |
| Parent Perceived Adolescent as Overweight | 58 (51%) b | 90 (93%) c | 148 (67%) |
| Parent-Reported Desire for Adolescent to Lose Weight | 49 (43%) b | 84 (87%) c | 133 (60%) |
| Self-Reported Race/Ethnicity (non-exclusive categories) | |||
| White/Caucasian (n, %) | 110 (91.7%) | 93 (93%) | 203 (92%) |
| Asian/Asian American (n, %) | 2 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (1%) |
| African American/Black (n, %) | 3 (3%) | 10 (10%) | 13 (6%) |
| American Indian/Native American (n, %) | 3 (3%) | 3 (3%) | 6 (3%) |
| Other (n, %) | 7 (6%) | 2 (2%) | 9 (4%) |
| Hispanic/Latinx (n, %) | 4 (3%) | 3 (3%) | 7 (3%) |
| Parent-Reported Married & Living with Other | 139 (63%) | ||
| Parent(n, %) | 82 (73%)b | 57 (59%)c | |
| Parent-Reported Highest Parental Education | |||
| Some high school (n, %) | 0 (0%) | 2 (2%) | 2 (1%) |
| High school graduate (n, %) | 8 (7%) | 15 (16%) | 23 (10%) |
| Associate’s/Vocational degree (n, %) | 28 (25%) | 28 (29%) | 56 (25%) |
| Bachelor’s degree (n, %) | 44 (39%) | 33 (34%) | 77 (35%) |
| Graduate degree (n, %) | 31 (28%) | 19 (20%) | 50 (23%) |
a
BMI data missing for 2 participants in Sample 2; percent of valid data is listed.
b
Parent-report data available for 113/120 of Sample 1; percent of valid data is listed. Participating parents were mostly mothers, 89%.
c
Parent-report data available for 97/100 of Sample 2; percent of valid data is listed. Participating parents were mostly mothers, 96%.