Table 3

Associations between weight concern, dieting and mental distress in boys and girls, in the group with BSP overestimation

	Boys			P value	Girls			P value
		95% CI				95% CI
	OR	Lower	Upper		OR	Lower	Upper
Unnecessary weight concern, no dieting in normal weight/underweight (UC)	16.692	13.287	20.969	<0.001	13.552	10.184	18.034	<0.001
	16.692	13.287	20.969	<0.001	13.552	10.184	18.034	<0.001	Unnecessary weight concern and dieting in normal weight/underweight (UD)	15.374	12.205	19.366		12.827	9.662	17.029	<0.001
Weight concern and dieting in overweight/obese (HD)	6.809	5.275	8.788	<0.001	6.073	4.345	8.490	<0.001		15.374	12.205	19.366		12.827	9.662	17.029	<0.001
Weight concern and dieting in overweight/obese (HD)	6.809	5.275	8.788	<0.001	6.073	4.345	8.490	<0.001	Lack of weight concern, not dieting in overweight/obese (LC)	20.670	16.886	25.148	<0.001	11.869	8.895	15.839	<0.001

Reference group: Non-overweight/obese participants with no weight concern or dieting, with BSP accurate.
BSP, body size perception; HD, healthy dieting group; LC, lack of weight concern group; UC, unnecessary weight concern group; UD, unnecessary dieting group.