I’m not just fat, I’m old: has the study of body image overlooked “old talk”?

Table 3 Frequencies and means for fat talk and old talk

	None/Rare	Occasionally	Sometimes	Quite	Extremely	M( SD)
	None/Rare	Occasionally	Sometimes	often	common
	%	%	%	%	%
Self Fat Talk
Total Sample	16	26	25	22	11	2.86 (1.24)
18-29 Years	15	23	24	23	15	2.99 (1.30)^a
30-45 Years	15	28	24	24	10	2.86 (1.21)^ab
46-60 Years	18	28	21	21	11	2.79 (1.29)^ab
61+ Years	16	35	35	12	2	2.49 (0.98)^b
Underweight	19	24	21	14	21	2.98 (1.44)^ab
Normal Weight	16	30	24	21	9	2.77 (1.21)^a
Overweight	9	25	27	24	15	3.12 (1.21)^b
Obese	21	18	24	25	11	2.88 (1.25)^ab
F&F Fat Talk	5	20	27	37	12	3.33 (1.06)
Media Fat Talk	1	5	12	38	45	4.21 (0.89)
Old Talk
Total Sample	34	30	22	12	3	2.21 (1.12)
18-29 Years	52	29	15	3	1	1.17 (0.89)^a
30-45 Years	27	29	24	24	4	2.40 (1.16)^b
46-60 Years	14	31	30	17	7	2.71 (1.11)^c
61+ Years	9	33	33	26	0	2.72 (0.94)^c
F&F Old Talk	16	35	28	17	4	2.57 (1.07)
Media Old Talk	3	14	24	39	20	3.59 (1.06)

Note: Subgroupings with different superscripts differ significantly from one another at p < .05. Subgroupings with the same superscripts did not differ significantly from one another. F&F Fat Talk, Friends and Family Fat Talk. F&F Old Talk, Friends and Family Old Talk.

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