Table 6.
Association between eating behaviors and weight status misperception among male and female respondents (Logistic regressions, N = 2641).
| Characteristics | Male | Female | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underestimated Weight | Overestimated Weight | Underestimated Weight | Overestimated Weight | |||||
| OR (95% CI) | p-Value | OR (95% CI) | p-Value | OR (95% CI) | p-Value | OR (95% CI) | p-Value | |
| Usually having food late at night | 1.29 (1.00–1.66) | 0.050 * | 0.82 (0.62–0.19) | 0.169 | 1.45 (1.02–2.08) | 0.041 * | 0.76 (0.59–0.98) | 0.034 * |
| Usually having takeout food | 0.87 (0.68–1.12) | 0.291 | 1.20 (0.91–1.57) | 0.202 | 0.996 (0.70–1.42) | 0.981 | 1.36 (1.06–1.73) | 0.015 * |
| Having breakfast everyday | 0.84 (0.63–1.14) | 0.267 | 0.69 (0.51–0.95) | 0.023 * | 0.68 (0.45–1.01) | 0.054 | 1.04 (0.78–1.40) | 0.795 |
| Usually having breakfasts with family | 1.14 (0.88–1.49) | 0.315 | 0.75 (0.56–1.01) | 0.056 | 1.21 (0.83–1.76) | 0.329 | 0.81 (0.62–1.06) | 0.117 |
| Usually having dinners with family | 1.25 (0.94–1.66) | 0.127 | 0.70 (0.52–0.95) | 0.020 * | 2.12 (1.40–3.19) | <0.001 ** | 0.79 (0.60–1.03) | 0.084 |
| Usually checking nutrition labels | 1.40 (1.08–1.81) | 0.011 * | 0.93 (0.69–1.24) | 0.609 | 1.20 (0.82–1.74) | 0.350 | 0.83 (0.64–1.08) | 0.169 |
| Usually discussing nutrition topics over meal | 1.50 (1.12–2.02) | 0.007 ** | 0.75 (0.52–1.08) | 0.120 | 1.67 (1.10–2.51) | 0.015 * | 0.72 (0.52–0.995) | 0.047 * |
| Usually watching TV or phones over meal | 1.04 (0.77–1.41) | 0.783 | 1.08 (0.78–1.51) | 0.643 | 1.42 (0.97–2.08) | 0.075 | 1.19 (0.92–1.54) | 0.178 |
| Usually taking nutritional supplements | 1.50 (1.16–1.94) | 0.002 ** | 1.12 (0.84–1.50) | 0.425 | 0.88 (0.56–1.38) | 0.575 | 0.92 (0.67–1.26) | 0.583 |
Notes: Correctly perceived weight was used as the control group. Boldface indicates statistical significance (* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01). Data were collected from a middle school and a high school, in Wuhan, China, during the late spring/early summer of 2016.