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| Published: September 25, 2017
Psycho-Social Determinants of Obesity
Student, Department of Applied Psychology, Sri Aurobindo College (Evening), University of Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Student, Department of Applied Psychology, Sri Aurobindo College (Evening), University of Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Psychology, Sri Aurobindo College (Evening), University of Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Psychology, Sri Aurobindo College (Evening), University of Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.130/20170404
DOI: 10.25215/0404.130
ABSTRACT
In modern India, Obesity is a prevailing health condition among the youngsters. It is a state where an individual has an excess accumulation of fat in his/her body. Overeating and physical inactivity are the major purported causes of obesity. Obesity is largely affected by eating patterns, sleeping patterns, lack of exercise, addictions, etc. This study examined the relationship between personal eating habits, family & neighbourhood food environment and obesity. For the objective of the study, a survey in form of scales was randomly carried on 180 college going students aged between 18 to 25 years belonging to different economic status about their personal habits and food environment (family and neighbourhood). Demographic variables like gender, age and type of family of the respondent was also taken into account. Data was analysed and it was found that socio-economic status had a significant effect on Personal Eating Habits, Family Food Environment, Neighbourhood Food Environment and BMI. Gender had a significant effect only on BMI. Obesity was positively related to unhealthy personal eating habits and unhealthy neighbourhood food environment. Healthy Family Food Environment had a negative impact on obesity. The potential influence of psychological & social factors affecting physical inactivity on obesity warrants further study.
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2017 Chadha M, Basak E, Pragyendu, & Darolia M
Received: August 19, 2017; Revision Received: September 20, 2017; Accepted: September 25, 2017
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.130/20170404
10.25215/0404.130
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Published in Volume 04, Issue 4, July-September, 2017