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Table 4 Perception of own weight: distribution of answers of respondents who identified own body image by the scale of pictures

From: Body size perception, knowledge about obesity and factors associated with lifestyle change among patients, health care professionals and public health experts

Group of respondentsa

BMI of the body images chosenb, n (%)

Total

< 25

25–30

> 30

BMI 18.5–24.9

 Patients

244 (60.8)

134 (33.4)

23 (5.7)

401 (100)

 Nurses

29 (54.7)

22 (41.5)

2 (3.8)

53 (100)

 Doctors

20 (76.9)

4 (15.4)

2 (7.7)

26 (100)

 Policy makers

9 (75.0)

3 (25.0)

0

12 (100)

 Total

302 (61.4)

163 (33.1)

27 (5.5)

492 (100)

BMI 25.0–29.9

 Patients

27 (9.1)

111 (37.5)

158 (53.4)

296 (100)

 Nurses

1 (4.0)

14 (56.0)

10 (40.0)

25 (100)

 Doctors

1 (4.0)

11 (44.0)

13 (52.0)

25 (100)

 Policy makers

1 (9.1)

5 (45.5)

5 (45.5)

11 (100)

Total

30 (8.4)

141 (39.5)

186 (52.1)

357 (100)

BMI ≥ 30

 Patients

4 (2.0)

19 (9.6)

175 (88.4)

198 (100)

 Nurses

0

5 (26.3)

14 (73.7)

19 (100)

 Doctors

0

1 (7.7)

12 (92.3)

13 (100)

 Policy makers

0

0

3 (100)

3 (100)

Total

4 (1.7)

25 (10.7)

204 (87.6)

233 (100)

  1. aBMI was calculated by self-reported weight and height
  2. bCategory of body weight by the answers of respondents who identified own body image by the scale of pictures