Patient Perception of Ideal Body Weight and the Effect of Body Mass Index

Table 3

Descriptive weight perception compared between the BMI groups ().

Actual BMI	Response
	Underweight	The right weight	A little overweight	A lot overweight	Not sure
Underweight; (BMI < 18.5)	5 (83.3%)	1 (16.7%)	0	0	0
Normal weight; (BMI 18.5–24.9)	11 (28.9%)	18 (47.4%)	7 (18.4%)	0	2 (5.3%)
Overweight; (BMI 25–29.9)	2 (2.7%)	18 (24.7%)	43 (58.9%)	8 (11.0%)	2 (2.7%)
Obese; (BMI ≥ 30)	3 (2.3%)	5 (3.8%)	45 (34.6%)	73 (56.2%)	4 (3.1%)
Total	21 (8.5%)	42 (17.0%)	95 (38.5%)	81 (32.8%)	8 (3.2%)