Obesity and Overweight Prevalence among a Mississippi Low-Income Preschool Population: A Five-Year Comparison

Table 1

Characteristics of participants.

	2005^a		2010
Characteristic	Unweighted count^b	Weighted percent^c	Unweighted count^b	Weighted percent^c
Gender^d
Male	645	51.3	942	53.4
Female	605	48.7	823	46.6
Race/Ethnicity
White	127	8.9	162	8.6
Black	1,090	88.4	1,497	85.7
Other	33	2.7	106	5.7
Age (years)^e
3	432	35.2	280	16.3
4	757	60.2	868	49.1
5	60	5.5	612	34.3
Total	1,250	100	1,765	100

^a2005 data from Harbaugh et al. [21].
^bPreweighted frequencies.
^cPercentages calculated from weighted frequencies.
^d2005—Data on gender and age were missing for one child.
^e2010—Five of the sampled students were 6-years-old.