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Table 5 Percentages of actual and ideal figures selected by females and mean BMI of children choosing each figure

From: Weight status and perception of body image in children: the effect of maternal immigrant status

Daughters

Italian mother

Immigrant mother

Silhouette

Actual

Ideal

BMIª

Actual

Ideal

BMIª

number

(%)

(%)

Mean(SD)

(%)

(%)

Mean(SD)

F.1

9.0

17.1

15.39 (1.68)

5.4

15.4

15.59 (0.94)

F.2

24.1

32.8

16.02 (1.56)

32.9

34.3

15.75 (1.83)

F.3

27.7

28.4

17.38 (2.05)

26.8

23.8

16.68 (1.63)

F.4

22.7

17.6

18.94 (2.48)

24.8

23.1

18.55 (3.06)

F.5

14.5

3.6

21.54 (3.17)

8.1

2.8

21.23 (2.52)

F.6

1.9

0.5

24.93 (2.76)

2.0

0.7

24.50 (2.24)

F.7

0.1

0

22.55

0

0

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  1. ªBMI values are referred to subjects who have chosen the figure as actual.