Eating disorder among college girls in Amritsar, Punjab

Abstract

The purpose of present study was to assess the Eating Disorder among College Girls. The present study was conducted on 80 (Eighty) college girls Khalsa College Amritsar, Punjab. The age of subjects ranged between 16 to 18 years. A self-administered questionnaire was utilized to collect data regarding for Age, Weight, Height and BMI. Eating Attitude Test 26 (EAT-26) was used to analyze the Eating Disorder. EAT-26 has 26 items which has three subscales (Dieting, Bulimia & Food Preoccupation and Oral Control). The results of the study show that there was significant and positive relationship between Bulimia& Food Preoccupation and Oral control. Similarly significant and positive association between Dieting and Oral control were also reported. The relationship among other variables was found to be non-significant.