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Table 2 Weight-related terms and implicit attitudes towards obesity for gender, age, BMI and exercise frequency (mean and standard deviation) among UK adults aged 18–65 years in 2009–2010

From: UK adults’ implicit and explicit attitudes towards obesity: a cross-sectional study

Measure

 

Gender

Age (years)

BMI (kg/m2)

Exercise Frequency (hours per week)

n

 

Male

Female

18–25

26–35

36–50

51–65

<18.5

18.5–24.9

25–29.9

≥30

0–3

4–7

8+

613

1767

1374

542

329

135

166

1518

440

256

1019

943

418

Q1:Fat

6.87

6.2

7.1

7.1

6.7

6.4

6.2

6.8

6.9

6.8

6.9

6.9

6.9

6.6

(2.16)

(2.2)

(2.1)

(2.0)

(2.2)

(2.3)

(2.5)

(2.4)

(2.1)

(2.2)

(2.2)

(2.1)

(2.1)

2.3)

Q2:Obese

6.83

6.4

7.0

7.1

6.5

6.6

6.4

6.7

6.8

6.8

7.1

6.9

6.8

6.7

(2.57)

(2.6)

(2.6)

(2.5)

(2.6)

(2.7)

(2.7)

(2.5)

(2.6)

(2.6)

(2.6)

(2.6)

(2.5)

(2.7)

n

 

491

1467

1198

442

231

87

140

1281

352

184

840

787

331

IAT D Score

147.81

161.08

143.37

130.40

107.76

269.88

266.94

178.74

147.57

170.70

83.99

157.31

144.26

132.16

(691.65)

(702.51)

(688.16)

(714.80)

(656.51)

(643.07)

(626.36)

(685.82)

(696.66)

(683.66)

(677.85)

(672.02)

(704.30)

(711.88)

  1. Q1: How insulting do you believe the word “fat” is?; Q2: How insulting do you believe the word “obese” is?; IAT: Implicit Association Test