Clinical Study
Poor Perception of Body Weight Category amongst the Overweight and Obese with Chronic Hepatitis C: A Target for Intervention
Table 3
Survey responses—corresponding BMI calculated from weights perceived to be associated with body weight categories.
| | | Measured BMI category | | | Normal
| Overweight
| Obese
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| | What do you think your weight should be to be considered about right (normal)? | 22.3 ± 1.8
| 25.11±1.77
| 27.2 ± 2.8
| BMI (kg/m2) calculated from perceived weight | What do you think your weight would have to be to be considered overweight? | 25.5 ± 2.8 96 | 28.5 ± 4.1
| 30.5 ± 4.3
| What do you think your weight would have to be to be considered very overweight (obese) | 29.4 ± 6.5
| 32.9 ± 11.7
| 36.0 ± 6.4
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Results are expressed as mean ± SD and number of respondents for each item.
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