Being Normal Weight but Feeling Overweight in Adolescence May Affect Weight Development into Young Adulthood—An 11-Year Followup: The HUNT Study, Norway

Table 1

Comparison of baseline and follow-up characteristics between adolescents who perceived themselves as overweight (74% girls, 26% boys), despite not being overweight versus those who did not perceive themselves as overweight (50.6% girls, 49.4% boys). (𝑛=1196).

	Baseline characteristics					Follow-up characteristics
	Self-perceived		No self-perceived		𝑃 value	Self-perceived		No self-perceived		𝑃 value
	overweight		overweight			overweight		overweight
		SD		SD			SD		SD
BMI	21.8	1.7	20.4	1.7	N.S.	26.5	3.8	24.4	3.3	<0.001
Height	166.9	8.1	169.9	8.3	N.S.	170.3	8.0	173.7	9.1	<0.001
Weight	60.8	6.9	59.0	7.1	N.S.	77.0	13.3	74.0	13.0	<0.001
WC	71.9	5.5	70.0	5.9	N.S.	90.7	11.3	85.5	10.5	0.005
Age	15.9	1.8	15.9	1.8	N.S.	27.3	1.9	27.2	1.9	N.S.

Baseline BMI, height, weight, and WC are age adjusted.
BMI: body mass index in kg/m² and WC (waist circumference) in centimetres.
N.S.: not significant.