A STUDY OF EATING BEHAVIOR DISORDER IN SCHOOL AND NON-SCHOOL GOING ADOLESCENT

Background : Eating disorder is serious condition related to persistent eating behavior that negatively impact one's health, emotion, and ability to function in important area of life. To study eating behavior disorder in school goingAims: and non-school going adolescents. This study was conducted from 2019 among a adolescents aged 11–19 yearsMaterial and methods: selected from Government & private school and school going children from Madhav dispensary pediatric OPD and non-school going from slum, street, shops, hotels, garage in the city of Gwalior M.P. The survey interview will be structured to cover ve questionnaries components, assessing. Community based cross-sectional study. 375 school & 375 non-school going children.STUDY DESIGN: SAMPLE SIZE: Statistical analysis: SPSS software. Total No. of male 273 (72.8%) and female 108(27%) school going and 230(61.3%)Results and conclusion: male and 145(27.2%) female in non school going. In school going alcohol abuse cases 8 (2.1%) and no female and 7 male (1.8%) and 60 female (4.3%) in female of non school going. 1 case of Bulimia Nervosa in male and 7 female (1.8%) in school going while non school 5 male (1.3%) and 5 female (1.3%). In school adolescent maximum number of adolescents in late group who have suffered of alcohol abuse, bulimia nervosa, panic attack, alcohol tried and cigarette smoking, heard about alcohol abuse & cigarette smoking by peers, desired to weight gain is also more common in males, while in females anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, depression, alcohol tried, cigarette smoking, heard about alcohol abuse & cigarette smoking by peers and desire to lose weight were reported signicantly. In Non-school going adolescent in both middle and late female were using more alcohol then male and in bulimia nervosa was equal in both males and females, anorexia nervosa was common in females and panic attack were more in males