Association of Eating Habits with Body Mass Index among Young Adults: A Case Control Study

Abstract Stress, digitalization, comfortable lifestyle, lack of physical exercise, industrialization and food processing have become the leading cause of lifestyle related diseases in this growing world. Overeating, untimely meals have lead to young adults facing the cardiovascular and biochemical changes adversely affecting there well-being. Nutritional status, imbalance between energy intake and expenditure plays a major role in development of obesity. This study was conducted in obese and non-obese young subjects to study the relationship between dietary intake and obesity at Hind Institute of Medical Sciences, Safedabad, Barabanki.