Perceptions of Body Weight Comparisons
More than three-quarters of the total sample (n = 2100) perceived their weight to be ‘‘where it should be,’’ 9.5% perceived themselves to be under-weight, and 14.0% perceived themselves to be overweight (see Table 2). Significantly more adolescent girls (17.4%) perceived themselves to be over-weight than adolescent boys (10.8%) (X2 = 10.66, df = 2, p < .01). Converse-ly, somewhat more adolescent boys considered their weight to be ‘‘about where it should be’’ than adolescent girls (79.3% vs. 73.4%). Perceptions of weight appear to significantly change with age. Significantly more of the youngest cohort perceived themselves to be underweight while the oldest cohort perceived themselves to be overweight. The middle cohort was most likely to perceive themselves to be weight appropriate (X2 = 14.93, df = 2, p <
.01) (see Table 2).
To determine the relative importance of gender, age, and smoking status in relationship to perceived weight appropriateness, these measures were en-tered simultaneously as determinants in separate logistic regression analyses, where the perceived body weight was the dichotomous outcome (e.g., ap-propriate vs. non-appropriate). As presented in Table 3, smokers were more likely than nonsmokers to perceive they were not at their appropriate weight. Not surprisingly, adolescent girls were more likely than adolescent boys to perceive they were not at their appropriate weight. Finally, a logistic regres-sion indicated that older adolescents were less likely than younger adoles-cents to perceive their weight as appropriate.
Perceptions of Body Weight ComparisonsMore than three-quarters of the total sample (n = 2100) perceived their weight to be ‘‘where it should be,’’ 9.5% perceived themselves to be under-weight, and 14.0% perceived themselves to be overweight (see Table 2). Significantly more adolescent girls (17.4%) perceived themselves to be over-weight than adolescent boys (10.8%) (X2 = 10.66, df = 2, p < .01). Converse-ly, somewhat more adolescent boys considered their weight to be ‘‘about where it should be’’ than adolescent girls (79.3% vs. 73.4%). Perceptions of weight appear to significantly change with age. Significantly more of the youngest cohort perceived themselves to be underweight while the oldest cohort perceived themselves to be overweight. The middle cohort was most likely to perceive themselves to be weight appropriate (X2 = 14.93, df = 2, p <.01) (see Table 2).To determine the relative importance of gender, age, and smoking status in relationship to perceived weight appropriateness, these measures were en-tered simultaneously as determinants in separate logistic regression analyses, where the perceived body weight was the dichotomous outcome (e.g., ap-propriate vs. non-appropriate). As presented in Table 3, smokers were more likely than nonsmokers to perceive they were not at their appropriate weight. Not surprisingly, adolescent girls were more likely than adolescent boys to perceive they were not at their appropriate weight. Finally, a logistic regres-sion indicated that older adolescents were less likely than younger adoles-cents to perceive their weight as appropriate.
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