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. 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 3.

Distribution of misperception scores

Misperception Z-score (%)
Underestimate weight
Overestimate weight
−3 to −2 −2 to −1 −1 to 0 0 to +1 +1 to +2 +2 to +3
Total 6.1 32.4 42.0 14.8 3.7 1.0
 Non-overweighta (N = 2742) 3.8 26.2 45.1 18.8 4.8 1.3
 Overweightb (N = 496) 14.1 57.3 28.4 0.2 0.0 0.0
 Obesec (N = 325) 13.2 46.2 36.6 4.0 0.0 0.0
a

BMI <85th percentile value according to 2000 US CDC growth charts.

b

BMI ≥ 85th and <95th percentile value according to 2000 US CDC growth charts.

c

BMI ≥ 95th percentile value according to 2000 U.S. CDC growth charts.

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