Table 2.
Eating and weight-related outcomes at 15-year follow-up stratified by baseline weight-based teasing
| Weight-based Teasing Experiences at Baseline | |||||
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| Not Teased | Teased: peers only | Teased: family only | Teased: peers and family | ||
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| Follow-up outcomes | Mean±SD or % (n)a | Mean±SD or % (n) | Mean± SD or % (n) | Mean± SD or % (n) | P-value* |
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| FEMALES | (n=572) | (n=158) | (n=143) | (n=128) | |
| Weight status** | |||||
| BMI change (Kg/m2)*** | 4.9 ± 4.6 | 5.8 ± 6.1 | 6.5 ± 5.0 | 5.8 ± 6.9 | 0.019b |
| Obese status (BMI > 30) | 21.6 (92) | 41.0 (49) | 43.8 (49) | 47.5 (45) | <.001a b c |
| Binge eating | |||||
| Embarrassed for eating too much food | 21.7 (127) | 27.9 (47) | 28.5 (44) | 33.2 (47) | 0.042c |
| Binge eating | 12.1 (72) | 17.7 (29) | 18.0 (27) | 21.2 (29) | 0.047c |
| Eating to cope (range=5–25) | 9.5 ± 3.8 | 11.0 ± 4.3 | 10.8 ± 4.7 | 11.8 ± 5.2 | <.001a b c |
| Extreme unhealthy weight control behaviors in the past year | 22.0 (112) | 24.4 (37) | 27.5 (39) | 34.4 (41) | 0.042c |
| Less extreme unhealthy weight control behaviors in the past year | 41.9 (220) | 49.4 (72) | 47.6 (63) | 66.1 (77) | <.001c e f |
| Body satisfaction (range=13–65) | 39.7 ± 9.8 | 38.3 ± 12.2 | 35.5 ± 9.3 | 33.2 ± 11.2 | <.001a, b, c |
| Ever dieted (past year) | 46.3 (258) | 48.2 (78) | 60.2 (74) | 58.0 (72) | 0.01614 |
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| MALES | (n=538) | (n=116) | (n=40) | (n=72) | |
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| Weight status | |||||
| BMI change (Kg/m2) | 5.4 ± 4.2 | 6.1 ± 5.6 | 4.6 ± 2.5 | 4.7 ± 5.3 | 0.337 |
| Obese status (BMI > 30) | 24.2 (107) | 48.9 (48) | 19.5 (8) | 37.8 (28) | <.001a, c, d, e |
| Binge eating | |||||
| Embarrassed for eating too much food | 15.3 (79) | 28.3 (29) | 14.2 (6) | 26.7 (22) | 0.001a, c, e |
| Binge eating | 6.9 (38) | 14.2 (15) | 8.8 (3) | 11.9 (7) | 0.039a |
| Eating to cope (range=5–25) | 7.8 ± 4.5 | 9.4 ± 4.9 | 8.1 ± 4.1 | 8.5 ± 4.4 | 0.042a |
| Extreme unhealthy weight control behaviors in the past year | 13.8 (70) | 18.1 (16) | 16.9 (7) | 15.8 (13) | 0.637 |
| Less extreme unhealthy weight control behaviors in the past year | 34.0 (165) | 43.4 (43) | 30.9 (12) | 28.2 (19) | 0.119 |
| Body satisfaction (range=13–65) | 45.2 ± 11.8 | 40.4 ± 10.9 | 43.3 ± 8.4 | 38.7 ± 11.8 | <.001a, c |
| Ever dieted (past year) | 32.2 (158) | 39.3 (47) | 34.9 (13) | 37.2 (30) | 0.439 |
Note: Unadjusted means and percentages are weighted by non-response propensity weights to reflect original baseline sample
p-value is a 3 degrees of freedom test for any difference in mean or % outcome across the 4 teasing categories.
Women who were pregnant/breastfeeding were excluded from weight status outcomes; resulting sample sizes were 473 (Never teased), 136 (Teased: peers only), 120 (Teased; family only), 110 (Teased: peers & family)
BMI Change refers to the increase in BMI across baseline and adulthood
Difference lies between never teased vs. teased by peers only (a), never teased vs. teased by family only (b), never teased vs. teased
by both peers and family (c), teased by only peers vs. teased by only family (d), teased by only peers vs. teased by both peers and family (e), or
teased by only family vs. teased by both peers and family (f).