A Study to Assess Eating Disorders & Body Image in Delhi

Abstract

A comparative study was conducted among individuals of delhi, India to measure eating disorder and body image in some parts of delhi region. As body image and eating habits are important facet of an individuals life, The objective was to compare eating disorder and body image between the age group of 20 to 25 years. For this study total 60 people were selected randomly from the population of delhi with equal representation of gender. For this study scale by scale by Body Self Image Questionnaire by David A. Rowe, Jeri Benson and Ted A. Baumgartner (1999), body image examination questionnaire were used for the assessment. The data was statistically analyzed by using mean standard deviation, t test method was used to assess the level of eating disorders and body image between all three groups. The results of the findings are as follows: 1. The study showed that there is no significant difference among body image of the respondents across age. Females scored higher then males. 2. The study showed that there is significant difference among body image of the respondents across gender. Females scored higher then males. The conclusion is that in each dimension the score of females were higher then the scores of male samples and significant difference was found across age group of 20 to 25 years in body image and eating disorder between males and females.