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Table 2 Prevalences of defined categories of Body Image among 11- to 15-year-old adolescents in Germany, stratified by gender in KiGGS and HBSC

From: Applying a correction procedure to the prevalence estimates of overweight and obesity in the German part of the HBSC study

i =

All, %

Boys, %

Girls, %

RiKiGGS

RiHBSC

RiKiGGS

RiHBSC

RiKiGGS

RiHBSC

1 and 2 = too thin

13.7

16.4

17.8

19.2

9.5

13.4

3 = right weight

43.0

44.2

47.2

49.6

38.6

38.6

4 and 5 = too fat

43.3

39.4

35.1

31.2

51.9

48.0

  1. Ri: Body Image (i-th category).
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