Body image and eating patterns among adolescents

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Prevalence (%) of normal-weight, overweight and obesity associated with desiring for body weight change according to body weight (BMI) and adiposity (FMI) among Balearic Islands adolescents

Categories	Boys (n = 574)	Girls (n = 657)
Underweight and Normal-weight ¹
Normal-fat ⁴	68.3	77.4
Wants thinner body	14.3	47.8
Remain the same body	46.6	42.9
Wants thicker body	39.1	9.3
Overfat ⁵	4.0	0.5
Wants thinner body	61.9	-
Remain the same body	38.1	-
Wants thicker body	0.0	-
Overweight ²
Normal-fat ⁴	3.6	9.3
Wants thinner body	52.6	88.7
Remain the same body	36.8	11.3
Wants thicker body	10.5	0.0
Overfat ⁵	17.6	7.1
Wants thinner body	82.4	93.6
Remain the same body	16.5	6.4
Wants thicker body	1.1	0.0
Obesity ³	6.5	5.8
Wants thinner body	97.0	100.0
Remain the same body	3.0	0.0
Wants thicker body	0.0	0.0

Abbreviations: BMI body mass index; FMI fat mass index. ¹Underweight and normal-weight (BMI-for age and sex <P85), ²overweight (BMI-for-age and sex >P85 and <P97) and ³obesity (BMI-for-age and sex ≥P97) as previously defined [21, 22]. ⁴Normal-fat (boys: FMI <4.58 kg/m²; girls: FMI <7.76 kg/m²) and ⁵overfat (boys: FMI ≥4.58 kg/m²; girls: FMI ≥7.76 kg/m²) defined according to the previously proposed cut-offs [20]. Since the prevalence of overfat girls satisfied with own body shape was only 0.5% (n = 3) this group was not considered in this analysis.

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