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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2022 Dec 10;31(1):203–213. doi: 10.1002/oby.23627

Table 1.

Characteristics of individual participants (N = 396) and 27 Bright Bodies sessions from 2008-2018

A: Participant characteristics
Participant Characteristics (N = 396) No. (%) or Mean (SD)
Age at enrollment, years 11.68 (2.78)
Sex, female 240 (60.61%)
Race and ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 90 (22.73%)
Non-Hispanic Black 147 (37.12%)
Hispanic or Latino 104 (26.26%)
Other 16 (4.0%)
Unknown 39 (9.8%)
Health insurance type
Public 213 (53.79%)
Private 136 (34.34%)
Other 6 (1.5%)
Unknown 41 (1.0%)
Baseline anthropometric measures
BMI expressed as percentage of the 95th percentile (%BMIp95) 142.82 (27.33)
BMI z-score 2.45 (0.37)
Body fat, % (n = 352) 45.16 (8.25)
Baseline BMI category
Overweight 18 (4.6%)
Class 1 obesity 61 (15.40%)
Class 2 obesity 118 (29.8%)
Class 3 obesity 199 (50.25%)
Season of first session
Winter 158 (39.90%)
Spring 88 (22.22%)
Fall 150 (39.90%)
Year of first session
Early (2008-2010) 141 (35.61%)
Middle (2011-2014) 145 (36.62%)
Late (2015-2018) 110 (27.78%)
B: Program characteristics
Characteristics of Bright Bodies Programs (N = 27) No. (%) or Mean (SD)
Year
Early (2008-2010) 8 (29.63%)
Middle (2011-2014) 9 (33.33%)
Late (2015-2018) 10 (37.04%)
Season
Winter 10 (37.04%)
Spring 8 (29.63%)
Fall 9 (33.33%)
For all 27 sessions with available data:
Number of new participants enrolled in session 14.67 (5.53)
Duration of session, days 69.15 (15.35)
Total number of nutrition/behavior modification classes held in session 9.52 (1.63)
For 16/27 sessions with available exercise class attendance data:
Total number of nutrition/behavior modification classes held in session 9.94 (1.29)
Total number of exercise classes held in session 18.25 (2.96)
Total number of classes (nutrition/behavior modification + exercise) held in session 28.19 (4.09)
Total number of contact hours offered in session 21.83 (3.21)