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The findings of this study indicate that body dissatisfaction is an important predictor of self-esteem and BMI and appearance evaluation and orientation were observed to have direct effects as well as indirect effects on levels of self-esteem. Moreover, these results suggest future directions of education and programs which may be helpful for adolescents who exhibited low self-esteem and show the systematic process of the effects of BMI, body image, and body dissatisfaction on self-esteem. This study examines how BMI, body image, and body dissatisfaction influence self-esteem in adolescents. 418 adolescents were asked to respond to items regarding a number of variables. To analyze the effects of BMI, body image (appearance evaluation, appearance orientation), and body dissatisfaction on self-esteem, AMOS 18.0 was utilized for path analysis. As a result of this analysis, 6 of 7 paths were categorized as significant and the variables of four areas all influenced either directly or indirectly on the question of self-esteem.