Table 4:
Relationship between the variable of body size satisfaction and indicators of actual body size among school children.
‡p≤0.001, by Kruskal-Wallis test.
Body size satisfaction
Weight‡ (mean rank)
Waist‡ (mean rank)
Hip‡ (mean rank)
BMI Percentiles‡ (mean rank)
Underestimation
130.46
137.31
133.19
138.74
Same size
80.44
78.53
79.79
79.46
Overestimation
38.44
39.54
38.25
33.52