Obesity Severity, Dietary Behaviors, and Lifestyle Risks Vary by Race/Ethnicity and Age in a Northern California Cohort of Children with Obesity
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of the pediatric GHAP cohort (row percentages provided).
Age group
Moderate obesity
Severe obesity
BMI 100–119% of 95th percentile
BMI 120–139% of 95th percentile
BMI ≥ 140% of 95th percentile
Ages 3–17 years
Gender, %
All
7956
4978 (62.6%)
2134 (26.8%)
844 (10.6%)
Male
4333
2594 (59.9%)
1232 (28.4%)
507 (11.7%)
Female
3623
2384 (65.8%)
902 (24.9%)
337 (9.3%)
Race/ethnicity, %
WhiteNH
1984
1345 (67.8%)
472 (23.8%)
167 (8.4%)
Black
899
485 (53.9%)
265 (29.5%)
149 (16.6%)
Hispanic
3457
2061 (59.6%)
1002 (29.0%)
394 (11.4%)
Asian/PI
953
632 (66.3%)
246 (25.8%)
75 (7.9%)
Other/unknown
663
455 (68.6%)
149 (22.5%)
59 (8.9%)
Lower income neighborhood, %
Yes
1139
671 (58.9%)
326 (28.6%)
142 (12.5%)
No
6817
4307 (63.2%)
1808 (26.5%)
702 (10.3%)
Ages 3–5 years
Gender, %
All
1130
775 (68.6%)
265 (23.4%)
90 (8.0%)
Male
573
390 (68.1%)
133 (23.2%)
50 (8.7%)
Female
557
385 (69.1%)
132 (23.7%)
40 (7.2%)
Race/ethnicity, %
WhiteNH
250
188 (75.2%)
50 (20.0%)
12 (4.8%)
Black
117
73 (62.4%)
32 (27.3%)
12 (10.3%)
Hispanic
527
348 (66.0%)
128 (24.3%)
51 (9.7%)
Asian/PI
134
82 (61.2%)
39 (29.1%)
13 (9.7%)
Other/unknown
102
84 (82.3%)
16 (15.7%)
2 (2.0%)
Lower income neighborhood, %
Yes
206
125 (60.7%)
62 (30.1%)
19 (9.2%)
No
924
650 (70.3%)
203 (22.0%)
71 (7.7%)
Ages 6–11 years
Gender, %
All
3516
2247 (63.9%)
954 (27.1%)
315 (9.0%)
Male
1928
1175 (60.9%)
553 (28.7%)
200 (10.4%)
Female
1588
1072 (67.5%)
401 (25.3%)
115 (7.2%)
Race/ethnicity, %
WhiteNH
830
590 (71.1%)
185 (22.3%)
55 (6.6%)
Black
376
211 (56.1%)
121 (32.2%)
44 (11.7%)
Hispanic
1579
946 (59.9%)
469 (29.7%)
164 (10.4%)
Asian/PI
439
296 (67.4%)
116 (26.4%)
27 (6.2%)
Other/unknown
292
204 (69.9%)
63 (21.6%)
25 (8.6%)
Lower income neighborhood, %
Yes
495
299 (60.4%)
145 (29.3%)
51 (10.3%)
No
3021
1948 (64.5%)
809 (26.8%)
264 (8.7%)
Ages 12–17 years
Gender, %
All
3310
1956 (59.1%)
915 (27.6%)
439 (13.3%)
Male
1832
1029 (56.2%)
546 (29.8%)
257 (14.0%)
Female
1478
927 (62.7%)
369 (25.0%)
182 (12.3%)
Race/ethnicity, %
WhiteNH
904
567 (62.7%)
237 (26.2%)
100 (11.1%)
Black
406
201 (49.5%)
112 (27.6%)
93 (22.9%)
Hispanic
1351
767 (56.8%)
405 (30.0%)
179 (13.2%)
Asian/PI
380
254 (66.8%)
91 (24.0%)
35 (9.2%)
Other/unknown
269
167 (62.1%)
70 (26.0%)
32 (11.9%)
Lower income neighborhood, %
Yes
438
247 (56.4%)
119 (27.2%)
72 (16.4%)
No
2872
1709 (59.5%)
796 (27.7%)
367 (12.8%)
WhiteNH = non-Hispanic white; Asian/PI = Asian or Pacific Islander; Lower income neighborhood = residing in a residential census block with a median household income ≤ $40,000.
