Table 1 Body weight dissatisfaction by gender, age and weight status

Belgium-Flanders

5825

23.8

40.0***

29.5

32.6*

35.2***

26.4

80.5***

Canada

4017

27.3

43.1***

28.8

37.5***

44.4***

26.6

67.2***

Switzerland

4252

23.1

42.7***

28.3

35.0***

35.7***

28.0

79.3***

Croatia

3669

34.0

51.3***

39.9

40.6

48.4***

37.1

76.7***

Czech Republic

4378

34.1

61.8***

43.2

52.0***

51.9***

45.1

81.9***

Germany

5170

30.7

46.0***

33.6

40.2***

42.5***

31.4

78.6***

Denmark

4217

28.3

45.4***

32.4

38.2**

41.0***

29.2

85.4***

Estonia

3723

19.0

41.9***

23.2

32.7***

36.4***

27.9

68.4***

Finland

5020

22.7

40.8***

26.8

34.5***

34.2***

24.0

73.9***

France

7321

28.7

50.5***

34.4

41.9***

43.2***

33.8

84.2***

Greece

3368

35.2

51.9***

41.8

44.0

45.8*

35.4

78.9***

Italy

3833

39.9

55.2***

41.1

48.7***

56.1***

39.2

84.7***

Latvia

3108

15.5

40.1***

22.0

29.9***

34.5***

26.7

62.7***

Macedonia

3471

28.8

48.0***

33.0

39.6**

44.3***

34.1

72.1***

Netherlands

3885

20.7

34.1***

22.8

30.1***

29.7***

22.5

70.9***

Norway

4458

23.0

46.1***

25.9

36.7***

41.3***

29.5

64.8***

Poland

5569

27.8

52.1***

33.4

41.6***

46.3***

36.2

77.6***

Portugal

2497

23.9

44.0***

30.1

36.5**

38.6***

26.4

63.1***

Russia

7383

15.4

36.0***

23.8

26.3*

30.3***

24.5

56.6***

Sweden

3446

20.9

38.2***

21.5

33.8***

36.0***

24.1

63.6***

Slovenia

3634

30.1

56.8***

37.9

46.2***

47.9***

36.3

81.6***

Ukraine

3589

14.1

43.8***

23.9

28.8**

36.5***

29.0

54.0***

USA

4563

37.7

51.0***

38.9

41.8

54.9***

33.0

73.8***

Wales

3586

33.4

53.7***

38.8

45.0**

47.3***

33.1

78.4***