| Study group n = 74 | Control group n = 176 | Statistical significance χ² | |||
Has being overweight ever been a problem? | yes | no | yes | no |
| |
before school age | 7.1% | 92.7% | 0.6% | 99.4% | p = 0.0111 | |
when at school age (7 - 17 years) | 10.0% | 90.0% | 1.1% | 98.9% | p = 0.0033 | |
during youth (16 - 20 years) | 14.3% | 85.7% | 2.3% | 97.7% | p = 0.0008 | |
What kinds of memories and recollections does the respondent have about the scorn and contempt directed at him/her because of his/her being overweight as an adult?? | Study group n = 74 |
| Control group n = 176 |
| p = 0.0000 | |
| 61.4% | 32.9% | 12.0% | 62.7% |
| |
Many | 0% | 0.6% |
| |||
Cannot say | 2.9% | 3.6% |
| |||
Does not want to talk about it | 2.9% | 1.2% |
| |||
The respondent has not been overweight | 0% | 19.9% |
| |||