Table 2.
Prevalence (%) of weight‐related teasing according to weight status (n = 20,277)
| Weight‐related teasing frequency | Full sample | Boys | Girls | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal weight | Overweight | Obese | Normal weight | Overweight | Obese | Normal weight | Overweight | Obese | |
| Not weight‐teased | 87.1 | 77.9 | 62.4 | 88.8 | 83.1 | 66.3 | 85.5 | 71.1 | 55.5 |
| 1–2 times in past few months | 7.9 | 13.3 | 18.6 | 6.6 | 10.7 | 17.8 | 9.1 | 16.8 | 20.1 |
| 2–3 times per month | 2.2 | 3.3 | 7.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 6.0 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 9.2 |
| About once a week | 1.3 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 5.5 |
| Several times a week | 1.5 | 2.5 | 7.0 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 5.6 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 9.6 |
Note: values in each column add up to 100%.