Table 2.

Influence of mass media on dieting to lose weight among Jordanian adolescents by gender

Exposure to media and dieting to lose weight	Boy		Girls		p value
	No.	%	No.	%
Influence of reading magazines to having diet to lose weight
High influence	166	41.5	187	47.3	0.144
Moderate influence	94	23.5	94	23.8	–
Not influence	140	35.0	114	28.9	–
Influence of watching television to having diet to lose weight
High influence	233	58.2	238	60.3	0.356
Moderate influence	75	18.8	82	20.8	–
Not influence	92	23.0	75	18.9	–
Influence of using internet to having diet to lose weight
High influence	239	59.7	229	58.0	0.806
Moderate influence	71	17.8	77	19.5	–
Not influence	90	22.5	89	22.5	–