Overweight Adolescents’ Self-Perceived Weight and Weight Control Behaviour: HBSC Study in Finland 1994–2010

Table 4

Mean values of the Emotional Investment in the Body (BIS) scores and 95% confidence intervals (CI) in overweight and nonoverweight 15-year-old adolescents in 2006 and 2010.

	BIS mean value^1 (95% CI)
	2006	2010
	Boys
Overweight^2	20.9 (20.1–21.7)	21.2 (20.5–21.9)
Nonoverweight^3	22.7 (22.3–23.1)	23.6 (23.3–23.9)
	Girls
Overweight^2	17.4 (16.4–18.3)	16.7 (15.5–17.9)
Nonoverweight^3	19.9 (19.5–20.5)	19.9 (19.3–20.1)

¹Emotional Investment in the Body (BIS) score range from 6 to 30, the higher the better.
²Overweight include obesity.
³Nonoverweight include normal and underweight.