Table 1.

Sample characteristics.

Sociodemographic Variable and Group	n	%
Total	158	100
Gender
Female	83	52.5
Male	75	47.5
Ethnicity
NZ European	65	41.1
Māori	58	36.7
Pacific	35	22.2
Household socioeconomic deprivation
Lower (NZiDep 1–3)	104	68
Higher (NZiDep 4–5)	49	32
Age (years)
11	13	8.2
12	115	72.8
13	24	15.2
14	1	0.6
Mean (SD)	12.6 (0.5)
BMI
Not overweight (BMI = 16.0–24.9)	90	57.3
Overweight (BMI values ≥25.0)	69	42.3