From: Breakfast patterns among low-income, ethnically-diverse 4th-6thgrade children in an urban area
Variable | % |
---|---|
Gender | |
Female | 52.3 |
Male | 47.7 |
Race/Ethnicity | |
Black | 61.4 |
Hispanic | 14.4 |
Asian | 13.2 |
White | 6.9 |
Other | 4.1 |
Weight Status | |
Underweight | 2.9 |
Healthy Weight | 56.6 |
Overweight | 15.8 |
Obese | 15.2 |
Severely obese | 9.5 |
Transportation | |
Walked to school | 66.0 |
Driven to school | 24.9 |
Other | 9.1 |
Consumed dinner the previous night | 96.1 |
Mean + SD | |
Age (yrs) | 10.7 ± 1.0 |
Weight (kg) | 44.8 ± 15.1 |
Height (cm) | 146.4 ± 9.2 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 20.5 ± 5.1 |
BMI z-score ) | 0.7 ± 1.2 |
BMI percentile | 66.6 ± 30.5 |