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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics, weight status, and exposure to weight teasing among young people (N = 1568) in Minneapolis-St Paul, Minnesota at baseline (EAT 2010) and at eight-year follow up (EAT 2018)

From: How is weight teasing cross-sectionally and longitudinally associated with health behaviors and weight status among ethnically/racially and socioeconomically diverse young people?

Characteristics

Mean ± SD or % (n)

Ethnicity / Race (%)a

 Asian American

20.0 (306)

 Black/African American

28.6 (437)

 Latinx/Hispanic

17.2 (263)

 Mixed/Other Race

15.2 (232)

 White

19.1 (292)

Socioeconomic Status (%)a

 Low

39.5 (588)

 Low Middle

22.2 (331)

 Middle

17.6 (262)

 Upper Middle

13.2 (196)

 High

7.5 (112)

Gender (%)b

 Female

53.6 (813)

 Male

45.8 (696)

 Different identity

0.6 (9)

Age (mean years)

14.4 ± 2.0a

22.2 ± 2.0b

BMI-for-age (percentile)

69.2 ± 27.8a

BMI (kg/m2)

27.2 ± 7.0b

Weight Teasing (any)

34.1 (523)a

41.5 (618)b

  1. aAssessed at baseline (EAT 2010)
  2. bAssessed at follow up (EAT 2018)