Research Article
Body Weight, Obesity Perception, and Actions to Achieve Desired Weight among Rural and Urban Ghanaian Adults
Table 1
Current body weight perception by actual BMI.
| | Stunkard images | Corresponding BMI | Number of participants choosing image as current weight | BMI median (IQR)ā | Number of participants choosing image as current weight | BMI median (IQR)ā | | Figure number | Rural, n (%) | Urban, n (%) | Rural | Urban | Male, n (%) | Female, n (%) | Male | Female |
| | 1 | 18.3 | 10 (3.5) | 11 (4.1) | 20.2 (3.4) | 20.7 (4.5) | 3 (2.7) | 18 (4.0) | 19.5 (0) | 20.5 (4.5) | | 2 | 19.3 | 30 (10.4) | 23 (8.6) | 20.9 (2.6) | 21.6 (4.1) | 9 (8.0) | 44 (9.9) | 20.5 (4.0) | 21.1 (3.6) | | 3 | 20.9 | 51 (17.6) | 30 (11.2) | 22.6 (3.1) | 21.9 (3.8) | 14 (12.5) | 68 (15.3) | 20.7 (3.7) | 22.5 (3.3) | | 4 | 23.1 | 54 (18.7) | 62 (23.1) | 24.2 (3.9) | 25.0 (5.0) | 27 (24.1) | 88 (19.8) | 23.0 (2.7) | 25.2 (4.7) | | 5 | 26.2 | 68 (23.5) | 62 (23.1) | 26.0 (5.8) | 26.8 (5.9) | 32 (28.6) | 98 (22.0) | 23.2 (2.9) | 27.7 (5.1) | | 6 | 29.9 | 41 (14.2) | 46 (17.2) | 27.9 (5.9) | 30.4 (4.3) | 13 (11.6) | 74 (16.6) | 26.3 (2.6) | 30.1 (5.8) | | 7 | 34.3 | 29 (10.0) | 21 (7.8) | 31.5 (6.9) | 34.0 (8.1) | 11 (9.8) | 39 (8.8) | 32.7 (7.3) | 32.6 (8.8) | | 8 | 38.6 | 41 (1.4) | 12 (4.5) | 35.7 (11.3) | 40.3 (7.3) | 3 (2.7) | 13 (2.9) | 30.2 (0) | 39.3 (7.2) | | 9 | 45.4 | 2 (0.7) | 1 (0.4) | 42.4 (0) | 55.5 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 46.5 (0) |
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Corresponding BMI refers to the known BMI of the Stunkard figure. Actual measured BMI of study participants. |
