Perceptions of Body Image among Youth in a Selected University of Gurugram
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Youth and Adolescent Health - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Background and Objective: It is observed that body image is significantly important to young people. They spend considerable amount of time and money in looking lean, fair and other beauty parameters, which are usually created by media. The current study was conducted to assess the perceptions of young people namely B.Sc. 4 th year student nurses towards their body. Method: Forty-six students participated in the study wherein they had to fill a structured questionnaire assessing their attitude and practices related to their body image. Result: It was found that majority (63%) of them had fair, 34.8% had good and 2.2% had poor body image perception. All of them had healthy practices related to body image. There was a significant association of BMI with body image perception. Young children with normal BMI had fair body image perception. Conclusion: Body image perception is an important issue for the youth. They spend considerable amount of time thinking about this issue and interventions need to be planned to foster a more positive image of themselves in order to enhance their self-esteem.
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Dr. Minu Joseph
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