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Table 2 Body image assessment in male sample by weight status

From: Body image and weight perceptions in relation to actual measurements by means of a new index and level of physical activity in Italian university students

Trait

18.5 ≤ BMI <25

BMI ≥ 25

P value

Feel figure

3.2 ± 1.2

5.3 ± 1.5

<0.001

Ideal figure

3.4 ± 1.1

4.2 ± 1.2

<0.001

FID

-0.21 ± 1.12

1.16 ± 1.14

<0.001

FAI

-0.27 ± 0.51

-0.63 ± 0.56

<0.001

Opposite sex ideal

3.6 ± 1.1

3.9 ± 1.1

0.049

Same sex ideal for the opposite sex

3.5 ± 1.0

3.6 ± 1.2

0.383