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Table 1 Characteristics of children’s weight status and physical appearance satisfaction (n=202) and psychological well-being (n=78)

From: High adiposity is associated cross-sectionally with low self-concept and body size dissatisfaction among indigenous Cree schoolchildren in Canada

  Full sample (n=202) Sub-sample (n=78)
Variable Mean SD Mean SD
Age, years 10.67 0.98 10.85 1.03
BMI, kg/m2 23.05 5.07 23.86 5.52
BMI z-scorea 1.78 1.22 1.90 1.23
  n % n %
Girl 114 56.44 50 64.10
Normal weightb 54 26.73 18 23.08
Overweightb 57 28.22 22 28.21
Obeseb 91 45.05 38 48.72
Pictorial discrepancy     
 desire to be smaller 128 63.37 60 76.92
 ok with body size 49 24.26 11 14.10
 desire to be bigger 25 12.38 7 8.97
What do you think of your body size?     
 too big 59 29.21 29 37.18
 just right 122 60.40 45 57.69
 too small 21 10.40 4 5.13
Do you like the way you look now?     
 no 70 34.65 36 46.15
 yes 132 65.35 42 53.85
  1. aBMI z-scores according to the World Health Organization (WHO) age- and gender-specific reference values [20].
  2. b Weight status categories (normal weight, overweight, and obese) according to the World Health Organization (WHO) age- and gender-specific reference values [20].
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