Abstract :
Objective: To identify the influence of psychosocial factors on eating behaviors and to
observe the eating disorder, emotional eating and the level of cognitive restraint
displayed by the students in the age group of 18 to 25 years.
Method: Cross-sectional study was carried out in eight institutes of a university in Pune.
A total number of 222 students aged 18-25 years were selected by simple random
sampling technique. A structured questionnaire comprising of factors influencing eating
behavior, food frequency questionnaire, screening for eating disorder (Eating attitude
Test-26), behavior intentional variables, and emotional eating variables was used to
interview the students after taking written consent. Statistical analysis comprised
descriptive statistics and Chi-Square test was applied to test difference in population,if
any, and the level of significance was set as p?0.05.
Keyword :
Emotional eating, Psychosocial factors, Eating disorder, Cognitive restraint.