Eating late in the evening is associated with childhood obesity in some age groups but not in all children: the relationship between time of consumption and body weight status in U.S. children

Table 1 Sociodemographic and body weight characteristics of the sample (in percent)

	Age groups (years old)			Total
	2–5	6–11	12–18	Sample
Sample Size (N)	2,284	2,998	5,797	11,079
Boys	50	51	51	51
Ethnic Group
Non-Hispanic White	60	60	62	61
Non-Hispanic Black	13	15	14	14
Mexican American	14	13	11	12
Other Hispanic	6	7	7	7
Other race and multicultural	7	6	7	6
Body Weight
Healthy weight	86	66	64	69
Overweight	11	21	21	19
Obese	6	13	15	13

ISSN: 1479-5868