Table 12. Body weight issues among high school students by gender, race/ethnicity, and grade, in percent
			Described Themselves as Slightly or Very Overweight				Were Trying to Lose Weight				Ate Less Food, Fewer Calories or Lowfat Foods to Lose or Keep From Gaining Weight**
			Female	Male	Total		Female	Male	Total		Female	Male	Total
Galveston*
	Race/ethnicity
	White		30.9	18.9	25.1		58.0	24.1	42.0		52.7	18.7	37.3
	Black		32.2	22.3	27.5		54.9	24.3	41.0		39.2	24.9	32.6
	Hispanic		35.0	31.6	33.6		64.9	48.1	56.6		44.6	34.0	39.8
	All other		24.6	32.4	28.8		54.4	35.7	45.6		47.1	28.6	38.3
	Grade
	9		31.6	28.1	29.4		59.0	35.1	46.5		45.1	24.0	34.3
	10		30.6	23.7	27.1		59.1	34.9	47.1		44.5	32.1	38.7
	11		31.7	27.8	30.5		56.3	29.3	44.7		45.4	24.2	36.0
	12		35.1	24.1	30.7		61.5	38.9	51.5		45.6	29.8	39.3
	2007 Total*		32.0	26.0	29.2		58.9	34.3	47.2		45.2	27.3	36.7
Texas*			35.3	23.2	29.1		62.5	30.9	46.3		49.3	25.7	37.3
United States*			38.1	25.1	31.5		61.7	29.9	45.6		54.8	26.8	40.7
*Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance survey. Galveston 2007, Texas and United States 2005.
** During the 30 days preceding the survey.
White = non-Hispanic white,   Hispanic = any race, Black = non-Hispanic black, All other = any other non-Hispanic