Investigating the Impact of Diet Therapy of Women (Reduction in Body Mass) On Reducing their Overall Self-esteem

Safoura Moghaddam, Farzaneh Niknejadi, Mohammad Reza Iravani

Abstract


This study investigates the impact of diet therapy of women (reduction in body mass) on reducing their overall self-esteem. The population of the study was the women who were referred to diet therapy clinic in Isfahan. The number of 30 subjects among them was selected. In order to measure women's self-esteem, Cooper Smith Self-Esteem Test is used for demographic data, a self-measured questionnaire was used. Analysis of the data in the study was descriptive and inferential statistics. The results show that there is a significant difference between the self-esteem of women in four steps that indicate an effective diet therapy (reduction of body mass) on reducing self-esteem of women between the four stages. It means that it leads to low self-esteem in women's diet therapy (0.05> P).

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