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Table 3 Prevalence of reported teasing by source

From: Parental appearance teasing in adolescence and associations with eating problems: a systematic review

Study

No in sample

Reported weight/ appearance teasing

  

Parents

Mother

Father

Siblings

Peers/classmates

Haines et al.

W-RT

N = 10,540

Mixed Gender

At risk sample

Can’t work out actual %

Girls n = 6022 M = 1.3 (SD = 0.6)

Boys n = 4518 M = 1.2 (SD = 0.6)

Not measured

Not measured

Not measured

Not measured

Keery et al.

A-RT

N = 372

Girls only

General Population

23%

13%

19%

29%

Not measured

Olvera et al.

W-RT

N = 141

Girls only

Minority Population

42%

46%

39%

Not measured

59%

Pearlman et al.

W-BT

N = 128

Mixed Gender

Minority Population

21.1%

Not measured

Not measured

42.5%

No measured

Potzsch et al.,

A-RT

N = 90

Mixed gender

Comparison group

Girls n = 71 78.9%

BED n = 40 M 7.68 (SD 2.38)

OW n = 25 M 6.40 (SD 0.91)

NW n = 25 M 6.08 (SD 0.40)

Not reported

Not reported

Not measured

Not measured

Webb et al.,

A-RT

N = 379

Girls n = 207 56%

Boys n = 171 46%

General population

Girls n = 207 M = 1.58 (SD = 0.89)

Boys n = 171 M = 1.41 (SD = 0.80)

Combined M = 1.50 (SD = 0.85)

Not measured

Not measured

Not measured

Girls n = 207 M = −0.08 (SD = 0.87)

Boys n = 171 M = − 0.05 (SD = 0.89)

Combined M = 1.41 (SD = 0.46)