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Table 2 Sources of weight comments received by boys and girls

From: Adolescents' experience of comments about their weight – prevalence, accuracy and effects on weight misperception

 

Too fat (%)

Too thin (%)

Ratio

(Too fat/Too thin)

 
 

Boys

Girls

χ2

p

Boys

Girls

χ2

P

Boys

Girls

Family

14.4

26.1

446.21

< 0.001

22.2

18.9

37.35

< 0.001

0.65

1.38

   Father

5.3

7.7

50.98

< 0.001

8.7

7.1

20.86

< 0.001

0.61

1.08

   Mother

9.0

17.0

299.75

< 0.001

15.1

12.4

36.43

< 0.001

0.60

1.37

   Siblings

4.1

10.6

312.18

< 0.001

3.9

2.8

20.41

< 0.001

1.05

3.79

   Grandfather

1.0

0.7

5.09

0.024

2.0

1.3

18.53

< 0.001

0.50

0.54

   Grandmother

0.6

1.5

41.33

< 0.001

2.5

2.7

0.56

0.45

0.24

0.56

   Other relatives

1.2

4.4

185.95

< 0.001

3.6

4.4

6.88

0.009

0.33

1.00

Peers

7.5

13.5

204.17

< 0.001

6.5

11.4

153.34

< 0.001

1.15

1.18

   Classmates

5.2

8.4

89.30

< 0.001

4.7

7.8

84.15

< 0.001

1.11

1.08

   Friends

4.2

8.9

189.96

< 0.001

4.2

7.7

112.95

< 0.001

1.00

1.16

Professionals

2.1

2.2

0.62

0.50

2.8

2.8

0.007

0.97

0.75

0.79

   Teachers

0.8

1.0

3.37

0.07

1.3

1.4

0.24

0.63

0.62

0.71

   Social workers

0.4

0.4

0.09

0.77

0.5

0.6

0.75

0.39

0.80

0.67

   Health professionals

0.9

0.9

0.19

0.89

1.2

1.2

0.03

0.87

0.75

0.75

Othersa

5.5

4.7

5.17

0.012

6.5

4.5

42.99

< 0.001

0.85

1.04

  1. a Others include neighbors and domestic helpers.
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