. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 9.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2008 Mar 4;32(6):1008–1015. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2008.15

Table 2.

Distribution of perceived weight status by age and gender


		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Total		1.5	12.1	36.3	36.6	11.9	1.5	0.1
Boys	9	1.4	4.0	26.1	51.2	15.0	2.3	0.0
	13	1.7	15.0	41.2	27.4	13.4	1.2	0.2
	16	1.1	13.4	40.7	30.3	12.3	2.0	0.2
Girls	9	2.4	8.5	27.3	49.7	11.3	0.9	0.0
	13	1.7	19.5	43.3	26.8	7.8	0.9	0.0
	16	0.3	13.3	40.9	32.1	11.5	1.7	0.2

A separate gendered silhouette series was used for adolescents. Note: Figure drawings were developed by Collins³¹ and are being reprinted with permission of John Wiley & Sons Inc.