Gender differences in categorizing adolescents' weight status.
Categorization of normal or overweight status, using percent overweight and visual inspection, showed good agreement for 51 adolescent girls, but not 70 boys. Only 49% of boys with high relative weights were seen as overweight compared to 90% of girls.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001828:Body Image; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology*