2001 Michigan Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
Weight and Nutrition Fact Sheet
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Trends

Survey Question MI Gender Grade race/ethnicity
01 M F 9 10 11 12 White Black Hispanic
% of students who are at risk for becoming
overweight
13 15 12 16 15 11 10 12 18 16
% of students who are overweight 11 14 7 12 12 9 10 10 17 17
% of students who described themselves
as slightly or very overweight
31 25 37 30 33 29 32 31 27 45
% of students who were trying to lose weight 46 30 62 48 45 42 49 47 40 55
% of students who exercised to lose
weight
or keep from gaining weight during
the past 30 days
61 52 71 63 63 59 61 63 53 66
% of students who ate less food, fewer
calories, or foods low in fat to lose weight
or to keep from gaining weight during the
past 30 days
43 28 57 43 44 40 44 44 35 46
% of students who went without eating for
24 hours or more to lose weight or to keep
from gaining weight during the past 30 days
14 10 19 17 13 13 11 13 18 14
% of students who took diet pills, powders,
or liquids without a doctor’s advice to lose
weight or to keep from gaining weight during
the past 30 days
10 7 12 9 10 9 12 9 11 11
% of students who vomited or took
laxatives
to lose weight or to keep from
gaining weight during the past 30 days
8 6 9 9 8 6 7 7 10 12
% of students who drank 100% fruit juices
one or more times during the past 7 days
85 83 86 82 84 87 89 86 80 80
% of students who ate fruit one or more
times during the past 7 days
85 83 87 83 85 86 88 87 73 86
% of students who ate green salad one or
times during the past 7 days
70 66 74 69 67 70 77 73 56 69
% of students who ate potatoes one or
more times during the past 7 days
76 76 76 71 77 79 79 79 63 75
% of students who ate carrots one or more
times during the past 7 days
54 54 54 51 50 57 61 59 29 54
% of students who ate other vegetables
one or more times during the past 7 days
83 81 84 80 81 86 86 85 70 86
% of students who ate 5 or more servings
of fruits and vegetables
per day during
the past 7 days
21 22 19 21 20 20 22 21 17 24
% of students who drank 3 or more
glasses of milk
per day during the
past 7 days
20 27 14 22 21 20 18 22 10 16

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