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Table 3 Distribution of body image and weight status

From: Relationship between body image and weight status in east Asian countries: comparison between South Korea and Taiwan

  

Body image

 

BMI weight status

A lot underweight

A little underweight

Neither underweight not overweight

A little overweight

A lot overweight

Total

Chi-squared(16)

South Korea

underweight

35

40

35

0

0

110

752.1***

 

(48.6%)

(20.2%)

(4.8%)

(0%)

(0%)

(7.1%)

normal

35

146

431

149

14

775

 

(48.6%)

(73.7%)

(59.5%)

(32%)

(15.1%)

(49.9%)

overweight

0

10

176

112

15

313

 

(0%)

(5.1%)

(24.3%)

(24.1%)

(16.1%)

(20.2%)

obese

1

2

78

192

46

319

 

(1.4%)

(1%)

(10.8%)

(41.3%)

(49.5%)

(20.5%)

severely obese

1

0

5

12

18

36

 

(1.4%)

(0%)

(0.7%)

(2.6%)

(19.4%)

(2.3%)

total

72

198

725

465

93

1553

 

(100%)

(100%)

(100%)

(100%)

(100%)

(100%)

Taiwan

underweight

28

55

33

5

0

121

1185.6***

 

(38.9%)

(25.6%)

(4.3%)

(0.6%)

(0%)

(5.8%)

normal

42

136

462

213

14

867

 

(58.3%)

(63.3%)

(59.5%)

(27%)

(5.8%)

(41.4%)

overweight

2

17

167

202

24

412

 

(2.8%)

(7.9%)

(21.5%)

(25.6%)

(9.9%)

(19.7%)

obese

0

7

110

337

128

582

 

(0%)

(3.3%)

(14.2%)

(42.7%)

(52.9%)

(27.8%)

severely obese

0

0

4

33

76

113

 

(0%)

(0%)

(0.5%)

(4.2%)

(31.4%)

(5.4%)

total

72

215

776

790

242

2095

 

(100%)

(100%)

(100%)

(100%)

(100%)

(100%)

  1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001