Perceived discrimination and favourable regard toward underweight, normal weight and obese eating disorder sufferers: implications for obesity and eating disorder population health campaigns

Table 1 Participant Demographic and Clinical Characteristics (n = 3047)

	Median (Interquartile Range)
Age in years	49 (35–63)
BMI	25.3 (22.4- 28.8)
	Percentage
Obese (BMI ≥30)	19
Gender
Female	58
Male	42
Age group
15-34 years	33
35-54 years	36
55 years or more	31
Eating disorder behaviours
Regular binge eating	6.8
Regular purging	1.8
Regular extreme dieting and fasting	4.2
Undue influence of weight and shape in self- evaluation as a person	18
Country of birth
Australia	76
UK/Ireland	11
Other Europe	8
Asian	3
Other	2
Australian first nations	4
Marital status
Married	50
Never married	20
Defacto	7
Divorced	13
Widowed	10
Highest level of education
Still at school	4
Left school at 15 years or less	16
Left school after 15 years	25
Left school but still studying	4
Trade qualification	13
Certificate/diploma 1 year or less	12
Certificate/diploma more than 1 year	12
Bachelor degree or more	16

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