Abstract

This research aims to study eating attitude, body attitude and self esteem among young women. For this purpose, a sample of 200 females between the age 16 to 20, selected through purposive sampling. The EATING ATTITUDE measured by Eating attitude test – 26 (EAT-26) Garner, D. M., Olmsted, M. P., Bohr, Y., & Garfinkel, P. E. (1982). SELF ESTEEM measured by Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE) Morris Rosenberg (1979). BODY ATTITUDE measured by The Body Attitude Test (BAT) Michel Probst et al. (1984) Findings revealed a significant Negative Correlation between Eating Attitude and Body Attitude (r = -0.367**, p < 0.01), Negative Correlation between Eating Attitude and Self esteem (r =-0.264**, p < 0.01) no significant correlation between Body attitude and self esteem (r = 0.468**, p < 0.01). Regression analysis revealed that 30.3%. This study highlights the struggles of young women which will help in designing intervention plans for them to understand their body concerns and boost their self esteem by implying healthy food habits.