Obesity Bias in the School Setting: A Brief Report
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample
2.2. Survey Administration
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Individuals’ Characteristics | ||||||
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Obesity | Nationality | Ethnic Group | Thinness | Sex | ||
Academic task | Males | 53.3 * | 26.6 | 52.1 | 42.6 | 43.6 |
Females | 58.4 * | 29.9 | 50.6 | 51.9 | 44.2 | |
Total sample | 55.6 * | 28.1 | 51.5 | 46.8 | 43.9 | |
Leisure activity | Males | 50 | 41.49 | 45.7 | 30 | 58.5 * |
Females | 61 * | 38.96 | 44.2 | 53 | 41.6 | |
Total sample | 55 * | 40.35 | 45 | 40 | 50.9 | |
Social activity | Males | 56.4 * | 34 | 43.6 | 25.66 | 56 |
Females | 59.7 | 28.6 | 44.2 | 45.45 | 60 * | |
Total sample | 57.9 | 31.6 | 43.9 | 35.67 | 58 * |
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Baile, J.I.; González-Calderón, M.J.; Rabito-Alcón, M.F. Obesity Bias in the School Setting: A Brief Report. Children 2022, 9, 1067. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9071067
Baile JI, González-Calderón MJ, Rabito-Alcón MF. Obesity Bias in the School Setting: A Brief Report. Children. 2022; 9(7):1067. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9071067
Chicago/Turabian StyleBaile, José I., María J. González-Calderón, and María F. Rabito-Alcón. 2022. "Obesity Bias in the School Setting: A Brief Report" Children 9, no. 7: 1067. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9071067