Table 5 |
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| Percentages of actual and ideal figures selected by females and mean BMI of children choosing each figure | ||||||
| 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 | - |
ªBMI values are referred to subjects who have chosen the figure as actual.
Gualdi-Russo et al. Nutrition Journal 2012 11:85 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-11-85
