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Table 3 Results of one-way ANOVAs (F-statistics) for gender, age, BMI and exercise frequency among UK adults aged 18-65 years in 2009-2010

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

d.f., total d.f.

Age (years)

BMI (kg/m2)

Exercise Frequency (hours per week)

(3, 2376)

(3, 2376)

(2, 2377)

ATOP

5.46**

.85

4.01*

BAOP

7.29**a

12.51**c

3.58*

AFAS

14.74**

39.72**d

16.40**f

F-SCALE

5.51**

20.34**

3.93*g

Q1:Fat

16.06**b

.28e

2.82h

Q2:Obese

8.39**

1.29

1.36

  1. BMI body mass index, d.f. degrees of freedom, ATOP, BAOP Attitudes About Obese Persons Scale and Beliefs About Obese Persons Scale, AFAS Anti-Fat Attitudes Scale, F-Scale The Fat Phobia Scale short form; Q1: How insulting do you believe the word “fat” is?; Q2: How insulting do you believe the word “obese” is?; * P < .05; **P < .01; d.f., total d.f.: a3, 477.5; b3, 476.4; c3, 482.2; d2, 1118; e3, 492.0; f2, 1092; g2, 1096; h3, 493.5
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