## 3 Results and Discussion
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**Hypothesis 1:**_Young people, in particular women, tend to look better physically in terms of body shape than older people, as getting older, apple shape is more developed. Physical activity which is less common among women decreases consecutively with ageing._ & - & At an advanced age, both genders showed a tendency for a common apple shape. \\ \hline \hline Hypothesis 2:_Women at any age have higher levels of body image dissatisfaction than men._ & Rejected. & - & Females showed a better physical appearance and body shape, especially when young, although their level of activity was low in general and much lower than males. \\ \hline Hypothesis 3: _Active people have a better shape, medical conditions and thus they lose weight faster._ & Rejected only for the outdoor sports activity. Gardening and indoor physical activity level were inversely related to ageing. & When increasing physical activity, one should stress on signs inversely related to it, such as fatigue, low back pain, mood swings, anxiety, bloating, Migraine/headache, constipation and digestive problems. \\ \hline Hypothesis 4: _Emotional eating interferes negatively with Medical Nutrition Therapy; Stresses people do not lose weight easily. Stress is directly related to appetite increase and fat deposit._ & Partly accepted. Daily stress effect was linked to abdominal fat deposit and apple shape figure. & When increasing physical activity, one should stress on signs inversely related to it, such as fatigue, low back pain, mood swings, anxiety, bloating, Migraine/headache, constipation and digestive problems. \\ \hline Hypothesis 5: _People suffering from medical problems and smoking/alcohol consumption have a greater tendency to be above the normal weight. Medical problems, especially those related to Gastrointestinal problems might implicate possible food intolerance/allergy._ & - & A strong significance was found between alcohol consumption and heart conditions, diabetes, cholesterol/triglycerides and blood pressure. \\ \hline Hypothesis 6: _Users of dietary supplements are more likely to be educated and have better health and wellness patterns than non-users._ & Rejected. No association was found between users of dietary supplements and their level of education and income. & A small association was found between supplements intake for general health being and the following medical conditions: heart conditions, diabetes, digestive problems, constipation, bloating, low back pain, oedema, anxiety, depression, mood swings, frequent colds or flu, inflammation/infection, and migraine/headache. \\ \hline Hypothesis 7: _Older people, especially women, have better attitudes towards healthy food, healthy eating habits, intention to change diet._ & Rejected with a small exception. & Only old Lebanese favoured the “regular Lebanese menu” without even caring about their body-image. \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 2: Summary of the seven hypotheses with their results in terms of acceptance. Emotional eating was not found significantly associated with BMI. The level of appetite when facing emotions was relatively constant or neutral for males except for those with over-BMI who tend to eat less when angry and/or sad. On the other hand, women tend to eat less when feeling angry, sad and/or anxious but without change of their appetite level when feeling happy like men did. Stress was more related to financial, work, and family issues. The apple body shape was found to be irrelevant with stress; emotional eating seems to control appetite. Most of the women who have stress eat less, and most of the men do not change their appetite. Therefore, the tendency to eat less and as a result have a decrease in BMI is more relevant when facing stress (Hypothesis 4). BMI was found to designificantly associated only with the following medical conditions; diabetes, blood pressure, bloating, oedema, inflammation/infection, cholesterol/Triglycerides.