Table 1. Prevalence of dissatisfaction with body weight among male and female adolescents.
| Author | Year | Country* | Total (n) | Age (years) | Dissatisfied (%) | Test/association measure**** | Instrument***** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savage et al. 28 | 1997 | AU and US | US=820; AU=219 | US=13; AU=13 | US=43.5; AU=31.1 | Chi-square | Q |
| Wang et al. 18 | 2009 | USa | 448 | 11 (SD=1.0)** | 24.2 | Chi-square | Q |
| Yeung 38 | 2010 | Hong Kong | 806 | 11-18 | 32.0 | Chi-square | S |
| Larson et al. 15 | 2012 | New Zealand | 8,704 | 12-18 | 18.0 (16.5-19.3)*** | OR | S |
| Fredrickson et al. 39 | 2013 | Australia | 2,954 | 11-18 | 46.8 | Chi-square | S |
| Christofaro et al. 1 | 2015 | Brazilb | 2,288 | 10-17 | 56.6 | Chi-square | Q |
| Sampasa-Kanyinga et al. 19 | 2016 | Canadac | 4,468 | 11-19 | 35.5 | Pearson chi-square | Q |
| Xu et al. 40 | 2018 | US | 2,296 | 12-17 | 55.8 | OR | Q |
| Jalali-Farahani et al. 46 | 2019 | Irand | 575 | 12-18 | 34.1 | Chi-square | Q |
| Moehlecke et al. 41 | 2019 | Brazile | 71,740 | 12-17 | 45.0 (44.0-46.0)*** | Prevalence ratio | Q |
| Martini et al. 20 | 2020 | Brazilf | 822 | 10-19 | 48.8 | Rao-Scott chi-square | Q |
*AU: Australia, US: United States; aChicago; bLondrina-Paraná; cOntario; dIsfahan; e273 municipalities; fCampinas-São Paulo; **SD: standard deviation; ***95%CI: 95% confidence interval; ****measure of epidemiological association; OR: Odds Ratio; *****Q: questionnaire, S: scale.