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Table 4 Health behaviors and weight status (means) by ethnicity/race, among adolescents (EAT 2010) and young adults (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?

Adolescence (EAT 2010)

Outcome

Cohen’s d Statistic

Asian American

Black/African American

Latinx/ Hispanic

Mixed/ Other

White

p-value

Screen Time (hours/week)

0.23

38.1 ± 23.0a

42.4 ± 31.1b

34.9 ± 22.5a

43.8 ± 29.9b

38.8 ± 23.9a

 < 0.001

MVPA (hours/week)

0.32

5.3 ± 4.1ab

5.5 ± 5.5ac

4.8 ± 3.9b

6.2 ± 5.1 cd

7.0 ± 4.1d

 < 0.001

Sleep duration (hours/night)

0.09

8.5 ± 1.1a

8.5 ± 1.5a

8.4 ± 1.2a

8.6 ± 1.2a

8.6 ± 1.5a

0.511

Breakfast intake (days/week)

0.22

4.0 ± 2.3a

4.3 ± 3.0a

4.0 ± 2.6a

4.3 ± 2.7a

4.8 ± 2.3b

 < 0.001

Fruit intake (servings/day)

0.25

1.9 ± 1.6a

2.3 ± 2.1b

2.3 ± 1.8b

2.4 ± 2.0b

1.9 ± 1.3a

 < 0.001

Vegetable intake (servings/day)

0.13

1.2 ± 1.0a

1.3 ± 1.6ab

1.4 ± 1.4b

1.4 ± 1.3ab

1.3 ± 1.0ab

0.192

SSB intake (servings/week)

0.43

3.5 ± 4.2a

6.9 ± 7.7b

5.2 ± 5.5 cd

6.0 ± 6.8bc

4.7 ± 4.9d

 < 0.001

Fast-Food intake (times/month)

0.46

9.4 ± 11.8a

17.4 ± 20.9b

11.9 ± 13.0c

14.7 ± 15.5d

9.6 ± 8.2ac

 < 0.001

BMI-for-age (percentile)

0.20

69.7 ± 25.9a

69.3 ± 32.5a

72.7 ± 26.1a

71.0 ± 28.4a

64.0 ± 25.3b

0.004

Young Adulthood (EAT 2018)

Outcome

Cohen’s d Statistic

Asian American

Black/African American

Latinx/ Hispanic

Mixed/ Other

White

p -value

Screen Time (hours/week)

0.20

27.4 ± 11.7a

24.1 ± 13.9b

24.3 ± 11.5b

25.2 ± 13.0b

25.1 ± 10.3b

0.005

MVPA (hours/week)

0.26

3.7 ± 3.5a

4.2 ± 4.5ab

4.4 ± 3.9bc

4.8 ± 4.9 cd

5.2 ± 3.8d

 < 0.001

Sleep duration (hours/night)

0.14

8.5 ± 1.4ab

8.6 ± 2.0ac

8.4 ± 1.5abc

8.6 ± 1.5ac

8.3 ± 1.1b

0.128

Breakfast intake (days/week)

0.20

3.3 ± 2.3a

3.7 ± 2.6ab

4.0 ± 2.4bc

3.5 ± 2.3ac

4.0 ± 2.3b

0.004

Fruit intake (servings/day)

0.29

1.7 ± 1.6a

1.9 ± 2.0ab

2.1 ± 1.8bc

2.4 ± 2.3c

1.7 ± 1.3a

 < 0.001

Vegetable intake (servings/day)

0.15

2.1 ± 1.6ab

2.0 ± 2.0b

2.4 ± 1.8a

2.1 ± 1.7ab

2.2 ± 1.5ab

0.163

SSB intake (servings/week)

0.18

3.0 ± 3.7a

3.9 ± 5.9b

3.9 ± 4.8b

3.9 ± 5.2b

4.0 ± 4.8b

0.044

Fast-Food intake (times/month)

0.44

11.2 ± 12.2a

19.1 ± 19.2b

14.0 ± 12.3 cd

15.5 ± 15.0d

11.7 ± 10.2ac

 < 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

0.23

27.4 ± 6.0abc

27.1 ± 8.3b

28.3 ± 6.8ac

27.5 ± 7.9abc

25.8 ± 5.8d

 < 0.001

  1. ANOVA tests used to examine differences in unadjusted means by ethnicity/race
  2. abcdWithin each outcome, cells that share a superscript do not significantly differ at p < 0.05
  3. Bold values indicate statistical significance at p < 0.05
  4. MVPA Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, SSB Sugar-sweetened beverage, BMI Body mass index