A Comparative Study of Eating Behaviour between Obese and Non-Obese Adults with respect to Gender

In order to understand an escalation in cases of obesity, one of the primary highlighted aspect; the ‘behavior’associated with eating, hasto be reflected upon. The main aimof the studywas to understand and evaluate the eating behaviourin adults with high body massindex. The research tool applied was Three-FactorEating Questionnaire (TFEQ R-18) with three dimensions: cognitive restraint, uncontrolled eating, and emotional eating. Research sample constituted of 120 equally grouped male andfemale adults; 60 obese individuals and 60 control individuals; in the age range of 20-60 years, using purposive sampling technique asa method of selectionfromclinics of Ahmedabad city, Gujarat.Method of t-testwas performed to analyse the data statistically.Resultsindicated lower cognitive restraint, higher uncontrolled eating and higher emotional eating in individuals with high BMI compared to their control counterparts. Eating behaviouris an essential determining factorin maintenance of bodyweight