Body image among bullied obese children: an Egyptian case-control study.

BMC Public Health · 2026 · PMC12930947 · PMID 41721328

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highly significantp < 0.001actually significant

Conversely, sadness demonstrated a highly significant difference ( p < 0.001), with more than half of the cases (56.8%) reporting sadness compared to only 11.9% among controls.

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approached significancep = 0.068so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

School-related complaints, including reading and math difficulties, refusal of school, and bullying at school, showed no statistically significant differences, although bullying in school approached significance ( p = 0.068), with a higher proportion of cases (36.4%) reporting bullying compared to controls (11.9%).

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.130not close (p > 0.1)

While a higher proportion of cases (20.5%) than controls (7.1%) reported positive SE photo perception, this difference did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.130), indicating that self-image based on photographs may not be a distinguishing factor between groups.

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