Table 3.

Effects of the Self-perception of Being Overweight on Weight-loss Intentions and Behaviors using Propensity Score Matching.

	Self-Reported Overweight Sample				Self-Reported Normal-weight Sample
	Female		Male		Female		Male
	NNM	LLR	NNM	LLR	NNM	LLR	NNM	LLR
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)
	Panel A: Weight-loss Intentions
LoseWeight	0.188 **	0.203 **	0.366 **	0.366 **	0.33 **	0.313 **	0.539 **	0.551 **
	(0.018)	(0.016)	(0.017)	(0.014)	(0.01)	(0.008)	(0.018)	(0.014)
LoseWight_Diet	0.148 **	0.145 **	0.218 **	0.212 **	0.235 **	0.219 **	0.313 **	0.309 **
	(0.02)	(0.017)	(0.017)	(0.014)	(0.011)	(0.009)	(0.019)	(0.016)
LoseWeight_Exer	0.075 **	0.082 **	0.123 **	0.117 **	0.12 **	0.104 **	0.245 **	0.227 **
	(0.018)	(0.016)	(0.016)	(0.013)	(0.011)	(0.008)	(0.019)	(0.015)
	Panel B: Eating Habits
Fruit_2	0.003	−0.01	−0.057 **	−0.05 **	−0.015	−0.019*	−0.002	−0.011
	(0.016)	(0.014)	(0.014)	(0.012)	(0.009)	(0.008)	(0.015)	(0.012)
Vegetable_3	−0.007	−0.01	−0.026 **	−0.023 **	−0.002	−0.002	−0.012	−0.002
	(0.011)	(0.008)	(0.009)	(0.007)	(0.005)	(0.004)	(0.008)	(0.007)
Soda	−0.042	−0.016	−0.024	−0.036	−0.013	−0.017	0.011	0.024
	(0.034)	(0.027)	(0.026)	(0.023)	(0.016)	(0.014)	(0.03)	(0.024)
	Panel C: Physical and Sedentary Activity
Active_5 Days	−0.028	−0.036	−0.101 **	−0.116 **	−0.031 *	−0.04 **	−0.122 **	−0.12 **
	(0.026)	(0.021)	(0.023)	(0.018)	(0.014)	(0.011)	(0.025)	(0.02)
Moderate_Exer	0.002	−0.008	−0.061 **	−0.065 **	−0.011	−0.017	−0.102 **	−0.105 **
	(0.022)	(0.018)	(0.015)	(0.012)	(0.012)	(0.01)	(0.019)	(0.015)
Vigorous_Exer	−0.006	0.002	−0.049 **	−0.051 **	−0.015	−0.008	−0.053 **	−0.052 **
	(0.019)	(0.015)	(0.017)	(0.013)	(0.01)	(0.009)	(0.019)	(0.014)
PE_Class	0.006	−0.011	−0.073 **	−0.07 **	−0.033 **	−0.034 **	−0.077 **	−0.08 **
	(0.022)	(0.018)	(0.017)	(0.014)	(0.013)	(0.01)	(0.019)	(0.015)
Sport_Team	−0.024	−0.018	−0.107 **	−0.115 **	−0.022	−0.028 **	−0.131 **	−0.139 **
	(0.023)	(0.019)	(0.017)	(0.014)	(0.012)	(0.01)	(0.02)	(0.016)
TV_Time	0.007	0.011	0.04 *	0.032 *	−0.022	−0.016	0.039	0.033 *
	(0.022)	(0.018)	(0.018)	(0.015)	(0.012)	(0.009)	(0.02)	(0.016)
Video_Time	0.015	0.011	0.002	0.01	−0.001	0.002	0.063 **	0.05 **
	(0.022)	(0.017)	(0.019)	(0.016)	(0.011)	(0.009)	(0.02)	(0.016)
	Panel D: Unhealthy Weight-loss Methods
LoseWeight_Fasting	0.01	0.019	0.019	0.024 **	0.11 **	0.109 **	0.09 **	0.087 **
	(0.019)	(0.015)	(0.011)	(0.009)	(0.01)	(0.008)	(0.012)	(0.01)
LoseWeight_Med	0.038*	0.051 **	0.018	0.022 **	0.095 **	0.098 **	0.063 **	0.061 **
	(0.017)	(0.013)	(0.01)	(0.008)	(0.008)	(0.007)	(0.011)	(0.009)

Bootstrapped standard errors are in parentheses. Asterisks, ** and *, indicate the 1%, and 5% significance level, respectively.