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) |