Table 1.

Sample distribution and prevalences of overweight according to demographic and psychological variables in Brazilian children

Exposures	n	%	% overweight	95% CI
Sex
Male	530	50.6	15.7	12.8–19.0
Female	518	49.4	14.9	12.1–18.2
Race
White	449	51.3	16.5	13.7–20.0
Darker or lighter skinned black	439	48.7	13.9	11.2–17.2
Age group
6 to 7 years	350	33.4	12.6	9.5–16.5
8	265	25.3	17.7	13.6–22.8
9 to 10	432	41.3	16	12.8–19.7
School type
Public (State‐funded)	1017	97	15.1	13.1–17.5
Private	31	3	19.4	9.2–36.3
Children's psychological well being*
Favorable	945	90.2	14.6	12.5–17.0
Unfavorable	103	9.8	21.4	14.5–30.2
Mother's psychological well being*
Favorable	916	87.5	14.4	12.3–16.8
Unfavorable	131	12.5	21.4	15.2–29.2
Father's psychological well being*
Favorable	803	78.1	15.4	13.1–18.1
Unfavorable	225	21.9	15.6	11.4–20.9
Maternal overweight †
No	826	78.9	13.9	11.7–16.5
Yes	221	21.1	20.4	15.6–26.2
Paternal overweight †
No	752	73.1	14.5	12.2–17.2
Yes	277	26.9	18.1	14.0–23.0
Prevalence of overweight/obesity	1048	100	15.3	13.2–17.6

^* Children's perceptions measured by a face scale adapted from Andrews & Withey (1976).

^† Children's perceptions measured by a body scale adapted from Stunkard et al. (1983).