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Table 1 Prevalence of overweight status in adolescents and young adults in Project EAT ‡

From: Personal, behavioral and socio-environmental predictors of overweight incidence in young adults: 10-yr longitudinal findings

Characteristic

Time 1

Time 3

Incidence of Overweight at Time 3a

Year 1999

Year 2009

Overweight*

Overweight

 

% (N) †

% (N)

% (N)

All Females (N = 1133)

25.1 (285)

47.5 (538)

34.2 (304)

Baseline school level

   

 Middle School cohort (n = 325)

31.2 (101)

47.3 (154)

32.9 (77)

 High School cohort (n = 808)

22.7 (183)

47.5 (384)

34.7 (227)

Race/ethnicity

   

 White (n = 541)

19.6 (106)

42.5 (230)

31.6 (144)

 Black (n = 231)

36.3 (84)

61.9 (143)

47.2 (73)

 Hispanic (n = 60)

30.84 (19)

50.5 (30)

30.5 (13)

 Asian (n = 201)

20.3 (41)

41.6 (83)

31.5 (53)

 Native American (n = 37)

40.1 (15)

51.7 (19)

34.0 (8)

 Multi-racial/other (n = 63)

32.5 (20)

50.9 (32)

29.9 (13)

Socioeconomic Status

   

 Low (n = 191)

29.8 (57)

58.3 (112)

44.4 (62)

 Low-middle (n = 203)

31.0 (63)

52.4 (106)

37.6 (55)

 Middle (n = 301)

26.4 (79)

52.5 (158)

39.6 (92)

 Middle-high (n = 254)

22.4 (57)

41.8 (106)

29.6 (61)

 High (n = 154)

16.5 (25)

32.9 (51)

22.7 (31)

All Males (N = 1001)

25.9 (245)

56.1 (561)

45.4 (343)

Baseline school level

   

 Middle School cohort (n = 295)

29.2 (86)

49.5 (146)

36.5 (78)

 High School cohort (n = 706)

24.5 (173)

58.8 (415)

48.9 (266)

Race/ethnicity

   

 White (n = 510)

24.4 (125)

53.0 (271)

42.2 (166)

 Black (n = 145)

23.6 (34)

47.7 (69)

35.6 (40)

 Hispanic (n = 68)

35.6 (24)

64.6 (44)

54.3 (24)

 Asian (n = 192)

24.6 (47)

66.0 (127)

58.9 (87)

 Native American (n = 32)

41.8 (13)

59.3 (19)

35.3 (7)

 Multi-racial/other (n = 53)

29.3 (16)

59.0 (32)

50.0 (19)

Socioeconomic Status

   

 Low (n = 159)

31.0 (49)

70.9 (113)

61.8 (69)

 Low-middle (n = 187)

28.3 (53)

64.3 (120)

54.8 (75)

 Middle (n = 239)

22.0 (57)

52.6 (126)

42.5 (79)

 Middle-high (n = 247)

24.3 (60)

49.5 (122)

39.2 (75)

 High (n = 132)

21.6 (29)

43.0 (57)

32.1 (34)

  1. *Overweight defined as BMI above the 85th percentile for adolescents at Time 1 [20] and BMI ≥ 25 for young adults at Time 3 [21].
  2. aIncidence is based on individuals not overweight at Time 1 (n = 887 females, n = 756 males).
  3. †All percents (%) and n’s are weighted with non-response propensity weights.
  4. ‡Age (years) for adolescents (15.0 ± 1.6) and young adults (25.4 ± 1.7).
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

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