Obesity Severity, Dietary Behaviors, and Lifestyle Risks Vary by Race/Ethnicity and Age in a Northern California Cohort of Children with Obesity

Table 4

Health-related behaviors and lifestyle risks of pediatric patients with obesity, by age group and race/ethnicity.

Health behavior/lifestyle risk	3–5 years				6–11 years				12–17 years
	WhiteNH ( = 248) %	Black ( = 116) %	Hispanic ( = 519) %	Asian/PI ( = 134) %	WhiteNH ( = 820) %	Black ( = 376) %	Hispanic ( = 1561) %	Asian/PI ( = 437) %	WhiteNH ( = 889) %	Black( = 401) %	Hispanic( = 1331) %	Asian/PI ( = 376) %
Eating breakfast <6 times a week	19.7	25.0	33.3^a	37.6^a	21.4	35.2^a	39.5^a	35.5^a	48.2	70.4^a	62.8^a	56.0^a
Eating meals with family <5 times a week	27.9	36.3	39.5^a	30.6	28.6	55.4^a	41.0^a	39.2^a	45.6	67.4^a	57.5^a	48.0
Eating <5 servings of fruits/vegetables a day	37.1	38.8	49.0^a	52.2^a	52.8	48.3	55.5	58.0	59.4	60.3	63.9^a	62.5
Eating <3 servings of vegetables a day	58.1	56.1	60.7	61.2	66.3	58.0^a	67.2	64.3	70.4	66.0	74.2	67.2
Eating <3 servings of fruit a day	35.2	41.4	47.6^a	51.9^a	52.3	55.3	54.2	59.4^a	62.5	65.2	65.0	60.9
Eating ≥3 sugary or salty snacks a day	20.7	22.6	23.1	33.8^a	23.6	36.6^a	27.3	29.6^a	31.3	38.2^a	29.8	30.7
Drinking ≥2 sugary or juice drinks a day	44.0	67.2^a	64.3^a	57.1^a	43.1	76.9^a	64.6^a	57.0^a	49.4	76.8^a	65.0^a	50.1
60 min exercise outside PE <5 times a week	35.1	50.9^a	47.0^a	50.8^a	55.6	58.7	67.5^a	76.1^a	65.1	68.1	70.1^a	67.5
60 min exercise <3 times a week	10.5	14.0	19.1^a	23.5^a	20.8	28.0^a	29.7^a	40.1^a	33.8	39.8	39.3^a	34.4
TV, computer, or video games ≥3 hours/day	23.8	43.5^a	30.2	36.6^a	37.5	46.2^a	43.6^a	49.5^a	62.1	72.0^a	61.4	63.9
Inadequate number of hours of sleep/night^1	4.5	17.0^a	6.3	5.2	1.4	2.1	1.0	0.7	7.0	12.2^a	9.7^a	6.2

WhiteNH = non-Hispanic white; Asian/PI = Asian or Pacific Islander. PE = school-based physical education or recess; TV = television. Column s are approximate due to missing data.
¹Sleep <8 hours per day (including naps) for ages 3–5 and <7 hours per night for ages 6–17.
Significantly () different from non-Hispanic whites after adjusting for child’s sex.