Table 3.
Distribution (%) of students by weight perception, according to actual weight status, in 2000, 2010 and 2017.
| Actual Weight Status (kg/m2) |
Perceived Weight Status | Males | Females | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study Year | Study Year | ||||||||
| 2000 | 2010 | 2017 |
p-Value (χ2 Test) |
2000 | 2010 | 2017 |
p-Value (χ2 Test) |
||
| <18.5 | Too thin | 38.9 b | 87.5 * | 95.2 * | <0.001 | 33.3 | 34.5 | 36.1 | 0.826 |
| Just right | 61.1 b | 12.5 * | 4.8 * | 63.5 | 61.9 | 62.9 | |||
| Too fat | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 1.0 | |||
| 18.5–24.9 | Too thin | 24.5 *b | 32.7 * | 37.2 * | <0.001 | 6.3 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 0.097 |
| Just right | 64.9 b | 61.4 * | 54.0 * | 70.1 | 76.6 | 76.1 | |||
| Too fat | 10.6 * | 6.0 * | 8.8 * | 23.6 | 19.7 | 19.4 | |||
| 25–29.9 | Too thin | 14.3 ab | 1.7 | 2.8 | <0.001 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | <0.001 |
| Just right | 57.1 | 67.2 *b | 44.0 * | 42.3 b | 18.4 | 10.5 | |||
| Too fat | 28.6 *b | 31.0 * | 53.2 * | 53.8 b | 81.6 | 89.5 | |||
| ≥30 | Too thin | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - |
| Just right | 0.0 | 50.0 | 21.1 | 66.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Too fat | 100.0 | 50.0 | 78.9 | 33.4 b | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||
* p < 0.05 compared with female students; a p < 0.05 compared with 2010 study year, b p < 0.05 compared with 2017 study year (z-test with Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons).