Weight stigma is associated with body mass index among college students in Taiwan: the mediated role of internalized weight stigma

Table 2 Descriptive statistics of studied variables in baseline and follow-up

	Baseline	Follow-up	p-value
Body mass index; M (SD)^a	22.20 (3.73)	22.54 (3.68)	< 0.001
Overweight; n (%)^b	255 (27.9)	293 (30.1)	0.003
Perceived weight stigma; M (SD)^a	1.27 (2.28)	1.71 (2.64)	0.002
Internalized weight stigma; M (SD)^a	30.88 (10.69)	29.46 (10.49)	0.001
Psychological distress change; M (SD)^a	13.12 (12.81)	15.25 (14.59)	0.001

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