Table 5 Relation between youth and children's BMI, Weight control behaviors and weight perception (n = 2731)
Perception | Chi-square P. value | Cramér's V | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perceived normal (N = 2073) | Over-weight (N = 554) | Under-weight (N = 104) | ||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
Weight control behaviors | ||||||||
Try to lose (N = 590) | 158 | 26.8 | 432 | 73.2 | 0 | 0 | < 0.001** | 0.749 |
Try to maintain (N = 310) | 269 | 86.8 | 36 | 11.6 | 5 | 1.6 | ||
Try to gain (N = 87) | 7 | 8.1 | 3 | 3.4 | 77 | 88.5 | ||
Not try to change (N = 1744) | 1639 | 93.9 | 83 | 4.8 | 22 | 1.3 | ||
BMI | ||||||||
Underweight (N = 229) | 158 | 69 | 4 | 1.7 | 67 | 29.3 | < 0.001** | 0.407 |
Normal (N = 1603) | 1402 | 87.5 | 165 | 10.3 | 36 | 2.2 | ||
Overweight (N = 526) | 345 | 65.6 | 180 | 34.2 | 1 | 0.2 | ||
Obesity (N = 373) | 168 | 45.1 | 205 | 54.9 | 0 | 0 | ||
Age | ||||||||
12—< 14 (N = 49) | 12 | 24.5 | 18 | 36.7 | 19 | 38.8 | < 0.001** | 0.203 |
14—< 16 (N = 307) | 204 | 66.4 | 87 | 28.3 | 16 | 5.2 | ||
16—< 18 (N = 694) | 529 | 76.2 | 126 | 18.2 | 39 | 5.6 | ||
18 – 21 (N = 1681) | 1328 | 79 | 323 | 19.2 | 30 | 1.8 | ||