Table 5.
Body dissatisfaction by sex, age, ethnicity and weight status
| Number (%) perceives self as too thin (BDS score < 0) |
Number (%) satisfied (BDS score = 0) |
Number (%) perceives self as too fat (BDS score > 0) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 212 (37.3) | 102 (18.0) | 254 (44.7) |
| Sex* | |||
| Boys | 116 (39.5) | 57 (19.4) | 121 (41.2) |
| Girls | 96 (34.7) | 48 (17.3) | 133 (48.0) |
| Age† | |||
| Age 5 | 59 (41.3) | 30 (21.0) | 54 (37.8) |
| Age 6 | 111 (37.5) | 46 (15.5) | 139 (47.0) |
| Age 7 | 42 (31.8) | 29 (22.0) | 61 (46.2) |
| Ethnicity‡ | |||
| Bangladeshi | 25 (30.9) | 18 (22.2) | 38 (46.9) |
| Indian | 15 (55.6) | 1 (3.7) | 11 (40.7) |
| Pakistani | 140 (36.7) | 77 (20.2) | 165 (43.2) |
| Other | 39.5 (32) | 11.1 (9) | 49.4 (40) |
| Weight category§ | |||
| Underweight | 4 (26.7) | 4 (26.7) | 7 (46.7) |
| Healthy weight | 186 (42.5) | 80 (18.3) | 172 (39.3) |
| Overweight | 11 (26.2) | 9 (21.4) | 22 (52.4) |
| Obese | 11 (15.1) | 9 (12.3) | 53 (72.6) |
* χ2 = 2.72 (df = 2), p = 0.26
† χ2 = 6.37 (df = 4), p = 0.17
‡ χ2 = 11.04 (df = 6), p = 0.09
§ χ2 = 33.03 (df = 6), p < 0.001