Variation of psychological and anthropometrics measures before and after dieting and factors associated with body dissatisfaction and quality of life in a Lebanese clinical sample

Table 6 Multivariable analysis taking the body dissatisfaction score before the diet as the dependent variable

	Unstandardized beta	Standardized beta	P value	Confidence interval
	Unstandardized beta	Standardized beta	P value	Lower bound	Upper bound
Body Mass Index	0.440	0.432	< 0.001	0.252	0.627
Pressure from TV/magazines to lose your weight	1.833	0.185	0.059	− 0.074	3.740
Anxiety	0.132	0.203	0.036	0.009	0.255
Self-esteem	− 0.818	− 0.243	0.010	− 1.433	− 0.202
Complementary level of education	− 4.942	− 0.214	0.020	− 9.066	− 0.817

Variables entered: Body Mass Index, pressure from TV, magazine to lose your weight, receiving comments from the family concerning losing weight, self-esteem, anxiety, stress, family history of eating disorders and level of education
Numbers in bold indicate significant p values

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