Research Article
Perceived Body Image, Eating Behavior, and Sedentary Activities and Body Mass Index Categories in Kuwaiti Female Adolescents
Table 1
General characteristics by BMI category.
| Variable | <85th percentile Underweight/normal | 85th–94th percentile Overweight | ≥95th percentile Obese | value |
| Body dissatisfaction (satisfied) | 40 (67.8) | 8 (29.6) | 8 (11.9) | <.001 | Desired BMI (20.9) | 27 (44.3) | 6 (22.2) | 34 (50.0) | .052 | Perceived BMI (23.1) | 6 (10.2) | 6 (22.2) | 24 (34.8) | <.001 | Perceived engagement in physical activity (yes) | 49 (80.3) | 15 (55.6) | 45 (64.3) | .036 | Perceived eating behavior (good-excellent) | 30 (49.2) | 10 (37.0) | 35 (50.7) | .511 | Television viewing (3-4 hrs/wk) | 20 (32.8) | 10 (37.0) | 16 (22.9) | .208 | Computer/video use (3–5 hrs/wk) | 13 (21.3) | 6 (22.2) | 22 (31.4) | .745 | Type of school | | | | | (public) | 40 (65.6) | 18 (66.7) | 54 (77.1) | .302 | (Private) | 21 (34.4) | 9 (33.3) | 16 (22.9) | — |
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Data are N (%). Columns with the same letter have no significant differences.
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