Table 1 Baseline characteristics and health risk behaviors of school-attending adolescents 12–18 years of age in rural Guatemala 2015

Age

554

14.4 (1.5)

304

14.6 (1.5)

250

14.2 (1.5)

BMI

542

20.7 (3.9)

296

20.6 (4.2)

246

20.9 (3.6)

n

%

n

%

n

%

Overweight or obese

99

18.3

48

16.2

51

20.7

Moderate-severe stunting

168

31.0

90

30.4

78

31.7

 Adequate (normal BMI, not-stunted)

292

53.9

166

56.1

126

51.2

 Undernourished Only (underweight or stunted)

151

27.9

82

27.7

69

28.1

 Overweight Only (overweight or obese)

77

14.2

39

13.2

38

15.5

 Double Burden (overweight/obese and stunted)

22

4.1

9

3.0

13

5.3

Community

 A (Middle and High School)

74

13.4

35

11.5

39

15.6

 B (High School)

148

26.7

86

29.3

62

24.8

 C (Middle and High School)

129

23.3

76

25.0

53

21.2

 D (Middle and High School)

203

36.6

107

35.2

96

38.4

 Ever had sex

79

16.1

64

25.0

15

6.4

 Age of first sex before 14 years^a

20

26.7

17

27.4

3

23.1

 Ever drank alcohol

121

23.1

68

23.9

53

22.2

 Age of first alcohol before 14 years^a

64

52.9

35

51.5

29

54.7

 In the past 30 days, drank one+ day

76

14.1

43

14.6

33

13.5

 In the past week, ate fast food three+ times

59

10.8

31

10.3

28

11.3

 Went hungry most of the time or always

44

8.0

27

9.0

17

6.9

 Always ate breakfast

171

33.0

103

36.0

68

29.2

 Ate fruit two+ times per day

256

46.3

126

41.6

130

52.0

 Ate vegetables three+ times per day

115

21.0

64

21.3

51

20.6

 Drank soft drinks 1+ times per day

336

61.0

178

58.9

158

63.5

 Ate high-fat food three+ times per day

24

4.4

15

5.0

9

3.6

 Were lonely most of the time or always

50

9.4

19

6.4

31

13.0

 Considered suicide

61

11.6

31

10.7

30

12.7

 In the past 30 days, was bullied one+ times

129

24.7

82

28.6

47

20.0

 Was attacked one+ times

129

23.4

73

24.2

56

22.4

 Was in a fight one+ times

94

17.0

66

21.8

28

11.2