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. 2013 Dec 19;10:E212. doi: 10.5888/pcd10.130198

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Ideal body image, by current body mass index (BMI) and sex. Survey participants were asked to indicate the body size they wished to have.

Women Men
Ideal body image No. (%) Ideal body image No. (%)
Underweight (n = 115) Underweight (n = 262)
Underweight 17 (15) Underweight 20 (8)
Normal weight 55 (48) Normal weight 112 (43)
Overweight 31 (27) Overweight 84 (32)
Obese 12 (10) Obese 46 (18)
Normal Weight (n = 1,167) Normal Weight (1,946)
Underweight 93 (8) Underweight 129 (7)
Normal weight 660 (57) Normal weight 828 (43)
Overweight 256 (22) Overweight 602 (31)
Obese 158 (14) Obese 387 (20)
Overweight (n = 631) Overweight (n = 401)
Underweight 34 (5) Underweight 11 (3)
Normal weight 347 (55) Normal weight 145 (36)
Overweight 157 (25) Overweight 143 (36)
Obese 93 (15) Obese 102 (25)
Obese (n = 352) Obese (n = 60)
Underweight 16 (5) Underweight 2 (3)
Normal weight 147 (42) Normal weight 19 (32)
Overweight 118 (34) Overweight 25 (42)
Obese 71 (20) Obese 14 (23)