Research Article
Perceptions of Weight and Health Practices in Hispanic Children: A Mixed-Methods Study
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of the subjects by weight category.
| | | Normal weight () | Overweight and obese () | value |
| | Child’s age in months, mean (SD) | 45.6 (12.5) | 46.6 (11.5) | 0.79 | | Sex, % male () | 62.5 (10) | 45.8 (11) | 0.35 | | Ethnicity, % Hispanic () | 93.8 (15) | 87.5 (21) | 0.64 | | Language at home, % English () | 75.0 (12) | 83.3 (20) | 0.72 | | Education | | | 0.51 | | % high school or less () | 31.3 (5) | 45.8 (11) | | | % any college or higher () | 68.8 (11) | 54.2 (13) | | | Income, % () | | | 0.12 | | <100% FPL | 43.8 (7) | 69.6 (16) | | | 100–200% FPL | 31.3 (5) | 26.1 (6) | | | >200% FPL | 25.0 (4) | 4.3 (1) | | | BMI of parent, mean (SD) | 30.1 (5.2) | 32.8 (8.4) | 0.25 | | Child’s BMI percentile, mean (SD) | 56.1 (19.5) | 95.7 (4.4) | <0.001 | | Family size, mean (SD) | 5.2 (1.4) | 4.8 (1.4) | 0.43 |
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SD = standard deviation; FPL = federal poverty line; BMI = body mass index.
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