Table 2.

Body perception according to changes in body weight between 4 and 23 years of age in the 1982 Pelotas birth cohort

Variables	n	Body perception
		Thinner (%)	Satisfied (%)	Fatter (%)
MEN
Body mass index z-score change				<0.001 a
≥ +0.5	676	17.2	35.2	47.6
−0.49 to +0.49	755	29.8	51.1	19.1
≤ −0.5	532	40.8	42.5	16.7
WOMEN
Body mass index z-score change				<0.001 a
≥ +0.5	541	4.8	13.9	81.3
−0.49 to +0.49	712	18.1	32.4	49.4
≤ −0.5	486	21.0	31.9	47.1

^aChi-squared test.

Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, 1982 to 2004–5.