摘要：Certa.n dieta.y, physica. a.tivity, a.d sedenta.y beha.iors ha.e been studied extensively a.d consistently ha.e been found to be a.socia.ed with childhood overweight a.d obesity Productive sedenta.y-to-light a.tivity pursuits ma. enha.ce the rela.ionship a.ong positive hea.th beha.iors. The purpose of this study wa. to identify the preva.ence of overweight a.d obesity in a.popula.ion of a.olescents pa.ticipa.ing in a.crea.ive, problem-solving a.terschool progra. a.d to identify the physica. a.tivity, sedenta.y, a.d dieta.y beha.iors rela.ed to overweight a.d obesity in this group. This study describes hea.th beha.iors thought to be rela.ed to weight sta.us for 1679 a.olescents in gra.es 6 12 pa.ticipa.ing in a.competitive, crea.ive, tea.-oriented, problem-solving a.terschool progra.. Self-reported dieta.y, physica. a.tivity, a.d sedenta.y beha.ior da.a.were collected in this convenience sa.ple ba.ed on the 2007 Youth Risk Beha.ior Survey. Mea.ured height a.d weight da.a.were collected to ca.cula.e BMI percentile. Using multinomia. regression, models were constructed to predict the likelihood of being cla.sified a. overweight/obese. The preva.ence of overweight in the study popula.ion wa. 15.6%, obese wa. 11.4%. Fruit/vegeta.le inta.e, milk consumption, modera.e-to-vigorous physica. a.tivity, television time, a.d tota. screen time were a.l independently a.socia.ed with weight sta.us. a.ter controlling for a.l cova.ia.es, ma.e gender, minority ra.ia./ethnic sta.us, a.d high screen time while not meeting the physica. a.tivity recommenda.ion significa.tly increa.ed the likelihood of overweight/obesity. The pa.ticipa.ts in the current study a.e lea.er a.d enga.e in hea.thier beha.iors compa.ed to na.iona. da.a.for a.olescents. The intera.tive va.ia.le combining both sedenta.y a.d Pa.mea.ures is a.rela.ively new technique used to provide a.better understa.ding of the rela.ionship between sedenta.y a.d physica. a.tivity beha.iors a. they rela.e to weight sta.us. Even a.ong