Assessment of Eating Attitudes and BMI differentials between Middle Age and Young Professionals

The Present study was designed to examine the eating attitudes and BMI differentials between middle aged and young professionals. Total sixty (N=60) male bank employees who are working in private and government sectors of Chandigarh were selected as subjects for the study, which includes thirty (n=30) middle age professionals, their age ranged between 35 to 45 years and thirty (n=30) young age professionals, their age ranged between 25 to 35 years. Eating attitudes of the subjects was measured by Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) developed by Garner et al. (1982). Body mass index (BMI) of all the subjects was determined by applying the formula i.e. body weight in kilogram/(height in meters)2. The Mean, SD, MD, SEDM and ‘t’-value were calculated to find out the significance of difference and direction of difference between middle age and young professionals. The level of significance was set at 0.05. Results revealed significant differences with regard to the sub-domains of eating attitudes i.e. dieting, bulimia, oral control and eating attitudes (total) between middle age and young professionals. However, insignificant differences were found on the physical parameter of height, weight and Body mass index (BMI).