Research Article
Patient Perception of Ideal Body Weight and the Effect of Body Mass Index
Table 3
Descriptive weight perception compared between the BMI groups (
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| Actual BMI | Response | Underweight | The right weight | A little overweight | A lot overweight | Not sure |
| Underweight (BMI < 18.5) | 5 (83.3%) | 1 (16.7%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Normal weight (BMI 18.5–24.9) | 11 (28.9%) | 18 (47.4%) | 7 (18.4%) | 0 | 2 (5.3%) | Overweight (BMI 25–29.9) | 2 (2.7%) | 18 (24.7%) | 43 (58.9%) | 8 (11.0%) | 2 (2.7%) | Obese (BMI ≥ 30) | 3 (2.3%) | 5 (3.8%) | 45 (34.6%) | 73 (56.2%) | 4 (3.1%) |
| Total | 21 (8.5%) | 42 (17.0%) | 95 (38.5%) | 81 (32.8%) | 8 (3.2%) |
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