"Figure 7: More than half of female pupils in school Years 7 to 13 have thought they were fat even when people told them they were very thin","" "Proportion of secondary school pupils in school Years 7 to 13 who answered “yes” to various questions on eating behaviours, by gender. England, March 2022","" "","" "Notes","1. Questions used from the pupil questionnaire are as presented. Note that the wording of the first question is slightly ambiguous, as in Figure 4. 2. Base: All female and male pupils in years 7 to 13 who answered each question (n = 1,624 to 1,631 females and 1,315 to 1,318 males). " "Unit","Percentages" "","" "","Female","Male" "Have you ever thought that you were fat even when other people have told you that you were or that you are very thin?","52.3","23.0" "If you eat too much do you blame yourself a lot? ","36.7","16.9" "Do you have worries about eating (what? where? how much?) that really interfere with your life?","32.6","14.8" "Would you be ashamed if other people knew how much you eat? ","27.9","8.9" "Have you ever deliberately made yourself vomit (throw up)?","11.4","2.3"