Table 5.
Distribution of dieting status of female by age, BMI and nutrition themed social media follow-up status
| Dieting Status | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Did not follow | Follow | Total | χ2/p | ||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Age (year) | |||||||
| 18–25 | 133 | 54.5 | 211 | 57.2 | 344 | 56.1 |
54.896 0.000* |
| 26–35 | 74 | 30.3 | 99 | 26.8 | 173 | 28.2 | |
| 36–60 | 37 | 15.2 | 59 | 16.0 | 96 | 15.7 | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | |||||||
| Underweight | 39 | 16.0 | 19 | 5.1 | 58 | 9.5 |
126.340 0.000* |
| Normal | 170 | 69.7 | 237 | 64.2 | 407 | 66.4 | |
| Overweight/obese | 35 | 14.3 | 113 | 30.6 | 148 | 24.1 | |
| Following nutrition-related accounts on social media | |||||||
| Follows | 165 | 68.0 | 314 | 85.0 | 479 | 78.1 | 26.249 0.000* |
| Does not follow | 79 | 32.0 | 55 | 15.0 | 134 | 21.9 | |
χ2 Chi-square test of independence
*p < 0.001