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Table 4 Energy intake (mean values ± SD) by body composition taking into account body image among Balearic Islands’ adolescents

From: Body image and eating patterns among adolescents

 

Boys

Girls

 

Normal-fat

Overfat dissatisfied1

Overfat satisfied2

P

Normal-fat

Overfat dissatisfied1

P

 

(n = 412)

(n = 134)

(n = 28)

 

(n = 567)

(n = 90)

 

Energy intake (kcal/d) 3

2378 ± 793

1849 ± 603

2361 ± 894

<0.001

1850 ± 606

1578 ± 607

<0.001

Energy from AGS (%) 4

13.7 ± 3.8

12.6 ± 3.6

14.0 ± 4.9

<0.001

13.5 ± 4.1

12.7 ± 3.9

<0.001

  1. 1Overfat desiring to be thinner and 2overfat satisfied with own body shape. 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. 3Significant differences between groups were evaluated by ANOVA. 4Significant differences between groups were evaluated by χ2.
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