Table 35. Body weight issues among middle school students by gender, race/ethnicity, grade, and middle school in percent
		Described Themselves as Slightly or Very Overweight				Were Trying to Lose Weight				Vomited or Took Laxatives to Lose Weight or Keep From Gaining Weight**
		Female	Male	Total		Female	Male	Total		Female	Male	Total
Galveston*
	Race/ethnicity
	White	27.3	23.5	25.3		53.6	32.9	43.3		10.5	0.7	5.7
	Black	21.6	18.4	20.1		46.8	39.1	42.5		7.9	2.5	5.5
	Hispanic	28.9	27.9	28.0		61.3	54.6	57.5		7.3	4.2	5.7
	All other	28.9	23.0	26.4		54.1	32.8	44.7		7.1	1.6	5.4
	Grade
	6	25.8	25.6	25.5		58.4	49.3	53.7		6.6	4.5	5.5
	7	24.3	22.7	23.2		53.9	39.0	45.8		7.9	1.8	5.1
	8	28.5	23.0	25.7		51.8	39.5	45.5		9.8	1.4	6.0
	Middle School
	Austin	25.4	20.9	23.1		50.0	42.8	46.0		7.4	2.0	5.0
	Central	27.9	25.5	26.4		55.5	48.9	51.8		6.7	4.5	5.5
	Crenshaw	28.0	20.0	23.1		70.8	40.0	52.9		0.0	0.0	0.0
	Weis	26.3	23.9	24.9		54.6	36.9	45.9		10.4	1.5	6.3
	2007 Total*	26.7	23.6	25.2		54.5	42.4	48.4		8.1	2.6	5.3
	Dallas ISD,TX*	34.7	24.1	29.6		56.8	40.0	48.4		10.2	6.9	8.5
*Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance survey. Galveston 2007, and Dallas ISD, Texas 2003.
** During the 30 days preceding the survey.
White = non-Hispanic white, Hispanic = any race, Black = non-Hispanic black, All other  = any other non-Hispanic