Body Mass Index in Clinic Attenders: Patient Self-Perception versus Actual Measurements

Table 5

Patients’ perceptions on whether they need to lose weight according to where they think is normal for them on the visual scale.

Patients view on whether they need to lose weight	Underweight	Normal	Overweight	Obese
Yes	5	11	39	31
No	9	15	24	15
	14	26	63	46

Chi-square test statistic = 7.524, df = 3, value = 0.057.