Table 1 Distributions of body image disturbances
From: Body image and behavioural and emotional difficulties in German children and adolescents
|  | female (n = 2562) | male (n = 2693) | 8–10 years (n = 1563) | 11–13 years (n = 1929) | 14–18 years (n = 1763) | Underweight (n = 427) | Normal weight (n = 3767) | Overweight (n = 426) | Obese (n = 635) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Body satisfaction | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
satisfied | 857 (33.5%) | 1230 (45.7%) | 771 (49.3%) | 719 (37.3%) | 597 (33.9%) | 186 (43.6%) | 1809 (48.0%) | 58 (13.6%) | 34 (5.35%) |
slightly dissatisfied | 939 (36.7%) | 923 (34.3%) | 487 (31.2%) | 700 (36.3%) | 675 (38.3%) | 145 (34.0%) | 1421 (37.7%) | 168 (39.4%) | 128 (20.2%) |
moderately dissatisfied | 470 (18.3%) | 340 (12.6%) | 181 (11.6%) | 311 (16.1%) | 318 (18.0%) | 70 (16.4%) | 395 (10.5%) | 114 (26.8%) | 231 (36.4%) |
very dissatisfied | 296 (11.6%) | 200 (7.43%) | 124 (7.93%) | 199 (10.3%) | 173 (9.81%) | 26 (6.09%) | 142 (3.77%) | 86 (20.2%) | 242 (38.1%) |
Desire | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
to be thinner | 1496 (58.4%) | 1067 (39.6%) | 605 (38.7%) | 1011 (52.4%) | 947 (53.7%) | 29 (6.79%) | 1571 (41.7%) | 364 (85.4%) | 599 (94.3%) |
to stay the same | 857 (33.5%) | 1230 (45.7%) | 771 (49.3%) | 719 (37.3%) | 597 (33.9%) | 186 (43.6%) | 1809 (48.0%) | 58 (13.6%) | 34 (5.35%) |
to be larger | 209 (8.16%) | 396 (14.7%) | 187 (12.0%) | 199 (10.3%) | 219 (12.4%) | 212 (49.6%) | 387 (10.3%) | 4 (0.94%) | 2 (0.31%) |
Body size perception | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Overestimation | 254 (9.91%) | 362 (13.4%) | 138 (8.83%) | 265 (13.7%) | 213 (12.1%) | 361 (84.5%) | 215 (5.71%) | 40 (9.39%) | 0 (0.00%) |
No misperception | 1755 (68.5%) | 1858 (69.0%) | 1024 (65.5%) | 1301 (67.4%) | 1288 (73.1%) | 66 (15.5%) | 3108 (82.5%) | 181 (42.5%) | 258 (40.6%) |
Underestimation | 553 (21.6%) | 473 (17.6%) | 401 (25.7%) | 363 (18.8%) | 262 (14.9%) | 0 (0.00%) | 444 (11.8%) | 205 (48.1%) | 377 (59.4%) |