Weight Misperceptions and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Adolescent Female Body Mass Index
Table 2
Frequencies of weight perceptions by race and ethnicity and by weight categories.
White
Black
Hispanic
Over perceived weight status
Correctly perceived weight status
Under perceived weight status
Over perceived weight status
Correctly perceived weight status
Under perceived weight status
Over perceived weight status
Correctly perceived weight status
Under perceived weight status
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
Underweight
44.40%
55.60%
—
64.30%
35.70%
—
41.40%
58.60%
—
Normal Weight
26.70%
62.40%
10.90%
17.30%a
68.00%a
14.70%a
24.70%b
64.30%
11.00%b
Overweight
12.00%
73.00%
15.00%
8.50%
46.60%a
44.90%a
16.50%b
62.50
21.00%b
Obese
—
41.00%
59.00%
—
27.30%a
72.70%a
—
38.70%
61.30%
N
655
1652
345
183
739
367
222
623
159
Summary statistics are weighted using the NLSY sampling weights. aStatistically different from whites at P ≤ 0.05; bStatistically different from blacks at P ≤ 0.05. Underweight: BMI percentile <5; normal weight:85> BMI percentile ≥5; overweight: 95> BMI percentile ≥85; obese: BMI percentile ≥95.
