title: Gender differences in categorizing adolescents' weight status.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: CRDH/Psychology Department, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schliecker
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dayan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001828:Body Image; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology*