Predictors of One-Year Change in How Youth Perceive Their Weight

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Year 4 (2015/2016) WP</td><td class="align_center">Females (<i>n</i> = 5185) % (<i>n</i>)</td><td class="align_center">Males (<i>n</i> = 4722) % (<i>n</i>)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Underweight</td><td class="align_center">5.0 (257)</td><td class="align_center">11.4 (536)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">About the right weight</td><td class="align_center">80.6 (4177)</td><td class="align_center">78.6 (3711)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Overweight</td><td class="align_center">14.5 (751)</td><td class="align_center">10.1 (475)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Weight perceptions (WPs) in Year 4 (2015/2016) of the COMPASS study among grade 9–12 students with Year 3 (2014/2015) WPs of “about the right weight.”</div>

Journal of Obesity

Predictors of One-Year Change in How Youth Perceive Their Weight

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