Volume : 7, Issue : 5, May - 2018

Body Image Concerns and Disordered Eating Behaviors amongst Female Undergraduates of Govt. Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur.

Thatikonda Nithisha, Dr. Sarita K Sharma

Abstract :

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">AIM:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of body image concern and disordered eating behaviors amongst female undergraduates of GMC, Nagpur, India. </span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;&#10;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">METHODOLOGY:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> A total of 154 subjects registered for 1^st and 2^nd MBBS in GMC, Nagpur consented for the study. Data was collected by using predesigned and pretested questionnairebased on BSQ-8C and EAT-26. Results were analyzed by EPI INFO 7.3.5.<b>RESULTS:</b> Body Image Concerns and disordered eating behaviors were found in 75(48.71%) and 45(29.23%) subjects respectively and were more prevalent in subjects whose BMI deviated from normal (p=&lt;0.001</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:&#10;10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-bidi-font-weight:&#10;bold">).</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> Association between BMI and disordered eating behavior was found to be highly significant<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>(p=0.0001 and OR= 14.88).</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">CONCLUSIONS</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">: Strong association between body shape concerns &amp;disordered eating behaviors are reported that are probably important for DEB diagnosis and treatment in the normal population.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p></o:p></span></p>