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Table 2 Perceived weight status (in percentages) for the healthy weight, overweight and obese photographed males

From: Visual perceptions of male obesity: a cross-cultural study examining male and female lay perceptions of obesity in Caucasian males

Actual weight status

Perceived weight status

 

Underweight

Healthy weight

Overweight

Obese

Healthy weight males

30.1 %

69.3 %

0.6 %

0 %

Overweight males

0.7 %

69.3 %

29.7 %

0.3 %

Obese Males

0.1 %

22.2 %

67.4 %

10.3 %

  1. Values indicate percentage of photographed healthy weight, overweight and obese males (actual weight status) perceived as being underweight, healthy weight, overweight or obese (perceived weight status). 558 participants made 5 perceived weight status observations for each weight status group. Thus, this table represents a total of 8370 observations
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BMC Public Health

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