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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2017;28(1):514–527. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2017.0037

Table 2.

Actual vs Perceived Weight Status

African-American
(n = 225)		 Actual Weight Status
Normal Weight
(n=25)		 Overweight
(n=35)		 Obese
(n=90)		 Morbidly Obese
(n=75)
Perceived Weight Status Perceived Normal Weight 72.0% 57.1% 13.3% 0.0%
Perceived Overweight 20.8% 28.6% 47.8% 6.7%
Perceived Obese 8.0% 14.3% 38.9% 93.3%
Caucasian
(n = 200) 		Actual Weight Status
Normal Weight
(n=27)		 Overweight
(n=44)		 Obese
(n=76)		 Morbidly Obese
(n=53)
Perceived Weight Status Perceived Normal Weight 81.5% 36.4%   5.3%   0.0%
Perceived Overweight 11.1% 50.0% 48.7%   5.7%
Perceived Obese   7.4% 13.6% 46.1% 94.3%