Figure 2.

Parents' perceptions of weight-based victimization among youth in general and with regard to own children. Dots represent percentages of item endorsement, with endorsement being defined as the top two categories (4 and 5) of 5-point Likert scales. “Parents with OW/OB children” refers to youth who were overweight or obese using BMI percentiles according to CDC classifications. “Perceived overweight” is based on the perceived weight status of participant's children, questionnaire wording was: “Are any of your children overweight (heavier than most children their age)?”, with response options “Yes” (20%) and “No” (80%); percentages in the graph only refer to parents who answered the question with “yes”; parents who answered “no” had similar endorsement percentages as parents without overweight or obese children, based on the CDC classification; N=918.