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Stunkard silhouettes. Median responses by weight category for current and goal body habitus. Silhouettes 1–4 correlate with a normal BMI, silhouettes 4–6 with overweight BMI and silhouettes 6–9 with an obese BMI, with overlap between categories as seen in validation study (Kaufer-Horwitz et al., 2006).
| Current silhouette # | Goal silhouette # | |
|---|---|---|
| Obese BMI (n=9) | 6.5 | 4 |
| Over-weight BMI (n=6) | 5.3 | 4 |
| Normal BMI (n=7) | 5 | 4 |
| Overall median | 5.3 | 4 |
