DOES OBESITY INFLUENCE WELL-BEING ? by H. S. Asthana, Sunita Asthana, and P. D. Bhatt
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The purpose of the study was to assess the level of subjective well-being between obese and non-obese adolescent girls. The subjects were 50 obese and 50 non-obese adolescent girls from different senior secondary schools of Haridwar district. Body Mass Index was used as measures of obesity. The BMI that was documented 30 or above was considered obese whereas less than 25 were considered non-obese. PGI well-being scale was used to assess the level of subjective well-being. Data were analysed by using ‘t’ test. Result of the study showed that obese respondents had significantly low level of well-being than the non-obese. It suggests subjectively less feeling of contentment, happiness, satisfaction with life’s experiences, one’s role in the world of work, low sense of achievement and more distress. It is speculated that knowledge and experiences of subject self evaluation related to some of their features is important. Greater body image dissatisfaction and distorted body perception may play crucial role in low well-being of obese adolescent girls. In addition to these factors obese people faces stigmatization and discrimination in different social context. Thus it is concluded that well-being may be low in obese people because they live in culture that condemns their physical appearance with negative attitude and discrimination.
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