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It is considered here as another important factor in the development of eating disorders as
it might be a crucial mediator between body image dissatisfaction and the development of
disordered eating. A Krukal-Wallis test revealed highly significant differences in the
level of self esteem between the EDR groups, Chi-square = 30.2, (df=2), p < .001, and
Figure 21 reveals an upward trend in the means of low self esteem with rising level of
risk for eating disorder.
Figure 21 - Means and 95%-CIs of low self-esteem for the EDR risk groups
9) Association between the BMI groups and the EDR groups
The following crosstable displays the counts and percentages for the BMI groups in
relation to the EDR groups.
Table 29 – Cross-tabulation of EDR and BMI
Eating Disorder risk categories Total
low moderate high
Healthy Count 45 9 7 61
% within Body
mass index USA 73.8% 14.8% 11.5% 100.0%
Overweight Count 5 6 3 14
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