Table 2.
Weight status perceptions when using self-reported vs. measured BMI to classify participant weight status
| Self-reported BMI weight status categories | Objective BMI weight status categories | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight perception | <18.5 | 18.5–24.9 | 25–29.9 | 30 and above | <18.5 | 18.5–24.9 | 25–29.9 | 30 and above |
| Females (n = 3349) | ||||||||
| Too light | 44 (51.2 %)a | 59 (3.6 %) | 1 (0.1 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 44 (69.8 %) | 59 (4.4 %) | 1 (0.1 %) | 0 (0.0 %) |
| About Right | 42 (48.8 %)a | 1245 (75.5 %)a | 189 (19.3 %)a | 18 (2.8 %) | 19 (30.2 %) | 1099 (81.6 %) | 342 (30.9 %) | 34 (4.1 %) |
| Too heavy | 0 (0.0 %) | 345 (20.9 %)a | 789 (80.6 %)a | 617 (97.2 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 188 (14.0 %) | 764 (69.0 %) | 799 (95.9 %) |
| Total | 86 | 1649 | 979 | 635 | 63 | 1346 | 1107 | 833 |
| Males (n = 2876) | ||||||||
| Too light | 40 (80.0 %) | 101 (9.6 %)a | 9 (0.8 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 30 (88.2 %) | 107 (13.5 %) | 13 (1.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) |
| About Right | 9 (18.0 %) | 865 (82.0 %) | 505 (42.7 %)a | 42 (7.1 %) | 4 (11.8 %) | 653 (82.1 %) | 684 (54.7 %) | 80 (10.0 %) |
| Too heavy | 1 (2.0 %) | 89 (8.4 %)a | 669 (56.6 %)a | 546 (92.9 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 35 (4.4 %) | 553 (44.2 %) | 717 (90.0 %) |
| Total | 50 | 1055 | 1183 | 588 | 34 | 795 | 1250 | 797 |
aDenotes significant difference (p < .05) when using self-reported vs. measured BMI to estimate prevalence of weight perception