Table 5 Health related attitudes and perceptions
From: Psychosocial, behavioral and clinical correlates of children with overweight and obesity
Variable | na | Overweight | Obese | Severely Obese | p-value** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
General Health | |||||
 Health in General; n (%) | 100 |  |  |  | 0.19 |
 Fair/Poor |  | 2 (11.1%) | 4 (12.5%) | 14 (27.5%) |  |
 Good/Very good/Excellent |  | 16 (88.9%) | 27 (87.1%) | 37 (72.5%) |  |
 Health Habits; n (%) | 94 |  |  |  | 0.05 |
 Fair/Poor |  | 6 (35.3%) | 11 (37.9%) | 30 (62.5%) |  |
 Good/Very good/Excellent |  | 11 (64.7%) | 18 (62.1%) | 18 (37.5%) |  |
 Perceived Stress [1–10] | 94 | 5.0 (1.0,9.0) | 6.0 (2.0,10.0) | 6.5 (2.0,10.0) | 0.01 |
Quality of Life Scores (0–100); median (min, max) | |||||
 Overall | 100 | 81.5 (48.9, 95.7) | 75.0 (36.4,100.0) | 75.0 (32.6,100.0) | 0.11 |
 Physical Health | 102 | 87.5 (21.9,100.0) | 78.1 (34.4,100.0) | 78.1 (37.5,100.0) | 0.15 |
 Psychosocial Health | 100 | 80.8 (53.3,95.0) | 70.0 (37.5,100.0) | 70.0 (26.7,100.0) | 0.15 |
 School Functioning | 101 | 80.0 (45.0,95.0) | 65.0 (30.0,100.0) | 65.0 (25.0, 100.0) | 0.26 |
 Emotional Functioning | 101 | 77.5 (45.0,100.0) | 70.0 (25.0, 100.0) | 65.0 (25.0, 100.0) | 0.26 |
 Social Functioning | 100 | 85.0 (45.0,100.0) | 90.0 (35.0,100.0) | 80.0 (30.0,100.0) | 0.16 |