Youth Understanding of Healthy Eating and Obesity: A Focus Group Study

Table 1

Distribution of participants (𝑛=41) in the focus groups (𝑛=10) separated by weight status, age, and gender.

	4th and 5th grades (Ages 9–11 years)	7th and 8th grades (Ages 12–14 years)
Weight status: normal
Male	0	10
Female	0	4
Weight status: overweight
Male	3	10
Female	6	8