Unhealthy Weight Control Behaviors & Physical Inactivity

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who did not eat for 24 or more hours to lose weight or keep from gaining weight – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.* This means that 10% of students with mostly A’s did not eat for 24 or more hours to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight and 21% of students with mostly D/F’s did not eat for 24 or more hours to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight. *p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who took diet pills, powders, or liquids to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.* This means that 7% of students with mostly A’s took diet pills, powders, or liquids to lose weight or keep from gaining weight and 15% of students with mostly D/F’s took diet pills, powders, or liquids to lose weight or keep from gaining weight. *p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who had insufficient moderate physical activity – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.* This means that 73% of students with mostly A’s had insufficient moderate physical activity and 80% of students with mostly D/F’s had insufficient moderate physical activity *p<.01 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who had insufficient vigorous physical activity – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.* This means that 33% of students with mostly A’s had insufficient vigorous physical activity and 45% of students with mostly D/F’s had insufficient vigorous physical activity. *p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who did not play on at least one sports team – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.* This means that 32% of students with mostly A’s did not play on at least one sports team and 59% of students with mostly D/F’s did not play on at least one sports team. *p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who watched television 3 or more hours per day – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.* This means that 28% of students with mostly A’s watched television 3 or more hours per day and 47% of students with mostly D/F’s watched television 3 or more hours per day. *p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who had played video games 3 or more hours per day – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.* This means that 16% of students with mostly A’s played video games 3 or more hours per day and 30% of students with mostly D/F’s played video games 3 or more hours per day. *p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.