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@article{206634,
        author = {Kajal Bharti and Ramandeep Singh},
        title = {Eating Attitudes Across BMI Categories Among Female University Students},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {13},
        number = {2},
        pages = {2339-2343},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=206634},
        abstract = {The present study was conducted to examine differences in eating attitudes among female university students belonging to different BMI categories. A total of 80 female university students (N = 80) were selected using a simple random sampling technique. The participants were classified into four BMI categories: Underweight (n = 21), Normal Weight (n = 39), Overweight (n = 18), and Obese (n = 2). The Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26) was used to assess eating attitudes. Besides descriptive statistics, one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was applied to determine differences among BMI categories and the Least Significant Difference (LSD) post hoc test was employed to identify pairwise differences whenever the F-ratio was significant. The findings revealed significant differences among BMI categories in Total Eating Attitude (F = 8.34, p < .001), Dieting (F = 6.51, p = .001) and Bulimia and Food Preoccupation (F = 4.42, p = .006). No significant differences were observed for Oral Control (F = 1.60, p = .195). The LSD analysis further indicated that overweight and obese students generally scored higher on eating attitude measures than underweight and normal-weight students. However, no significant differences were found among BMI categories with regard to Oral Control scores. It was concluded that BMI has a significant influence on eating attitudes among female university students.},
        keywords = {Eating Attitudes, Body Mass Index (BMI), Female University Students, EAT-26, Dieting Behaviour, Bulimia and Food Preoccupation.},
        month = {July},
        }