Table 9.

Effects of Self-perception of Being Significantly 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
	Panel A: Weight-loss Intentions
LoseWeight	0.129 **	0.154 **	0.310 **	0.308 **	0.335 **	0.347 **	0.362 **	0.404 **
	(0.025)	(0.025)	(0.035)	(0.028)	(0.038)	(0.022)	(0.088)	(0.077)
LoseWight_Diet	0.136 **	0.161 **	0.161 **	0.182 **	0.314 **	0.333 **	0.388 **	0.367 **
	(0.038)	(0.035)	(0.037)	(0.036)	(0.038)	(0.027)	(0.085)	(0.069)
LoseWeight_Exer	0.043	0.065 *	0.081 *	0.065 *	0.137 **	0.158 **	0.019	0.091
	(0.032)	(0.028)	(0.032)	(0.028)	(0.035)	(0.027)	(0.097)	(0.073)
	Panel B: Eating Habits
Fruit_2	−0.010	−0.007	−0.052	−0.054	0.021	0.036	0.063	0.050
	(0.033)	(0.028)	(0.029)	(0.028)	(0.040)	(0.034)	(0.079)	(0.060)
Vegetable_3	−0.023	−0.017	−0.017	−0.031 *	0.036	0.032	0.071	0.098
	(0.019)	(0.018)	(0.017)	(0.015)	(0.023)	(0.019)	(0.065)	(0.058)
Soda	−0.083	−0.087	−0.038	−0.034	−0.074	−0.068	−0.008	0.024
	(0.068)	(0.088)	(0.057)	(0.057)	(0.065)	(0.055)	(0.130)	(0.092)
	Panel C: Physical and Sedentary Activity
Active_5Days	−0.009	0.005	−0.067	−0.069	0.010	0.015	0.006	−0.036
	(0.048)	(0.039)	(0.046)	(0.042)	(0.058)	(0.046)	(0.120)	(0.095)
Moderate_Exer	0.012	0.023	−0.113 **	−0.115 **	0.065	0.043	−0.216 *	−0.234 **
	(0.036)	(0.038)	(0.035)	(0.032)	(0.047)	(0.032)	(0.097)	(0.075)
Vigorous_Exer	−0.031	−0.024	−0.043	−0.026	0.065	0.052	−0.020	−0.025
	(0.033)	(0.031)	(0.034)	(0.029)	(0.041)	(0.031)	(0.086)	(0.061)
PE_Class	−0.017	−0.015	−0.13 **	−0.106 **	−0.013	−0.001	−0.127	−0.108
	(0.037)	(0.034)	(0.032)	(0.03)	(0.044)	(0.034)	(0.090)	(0.067)
Sport_Team	−0.038	−0.031	−0.164 **	−0.155 **	−0.038	−0.050	−0.224 *	−0.228 **
	(0.036)	(0.031)	(0.032)	(0.029)	(0.052)	(0.037)	(0.099)	(0.076)
TV_Time	0.049	0.031	0.035	0.046	0.052	0.022	0.165	0.185 *
	(0.038)	(0.035)	(0.039)	(0.034)	(0.046)	(0.033)	(0.096)	(0.083)
Video_Time	−0.013	0.005	0.054	0.040	0.014	0.019	0.111	0.138
	(0.042)	(0.043)	(0.044)	(0.038)	(0.045)	(0.038)	(0.115)	(0.087)
	Panel D: Unhealthy Weight-loss Methods
LoseWeight_Fasting	0.002	0.006	0.025	0.028	0.294 **	0.300 **	0.296 **	0.294 **
	(0.038)	(0.034)	(0.024)	(0.024)	(0.044)	(0.033)	(0.068)	(0.064)
LoseWeight_Med	0.055	0.057 *	0.062 **	0.049 *	0.278 **	0.295 **	0.353 **	0.357 **
	(0.038)	(0.034)	(0.024)	(0.024)	(0.044)	(0.033)	(0.068)	(0.064)

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