Table 1 Participant demographic characteristics
Characteristic | % (n) |
|---|---|
Age (mean (SD)) | 18.8 (1.3) |
Gender | |
Man | 23.1 (3) |
Woman | 76.9 (10) |
Race/ethnicity | |
Caribbean | 23.1 (3) |
East Asian (e.g., Chinese, Japanese, Korean) | 15.4 (2) |
South Asian (e.g., East Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan) | 30.8 (4) |
Southeast Asian (e.g., Cambodian, Indonesian, Laotian, Vietnamese) | 7.7 (1) |
White | 23.1 (3) |
Weight perception | |
“Underweight” | 15.4 (2) |
“About the right weight” | 61.5 (8) |
“Overweight” | 23.1 (3) |
BESAA score (mean (SD)) | 51.0 (13.5) |
Participants below average | 46.2 (6) |
Participants at or above average | 53.8 (7) |
EAT-26 score (mean (SD)) | 7.7 (5.5) |
Participants below average | 61.5 (8) |
Participants at or above average | 38.5 (5) |