144 © 2017 Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research Original Article How to Cite this Article: Deogade SC, Suresan V, Rathod JR, Naitam D. Prevalence and Impact of Dentine Hypersensitivity among Undergraduates in a University Campus of Central India. Ann Med Health Sci Res. 2017; 7:144-149. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. Abstract Background: Eating disorders are rapidly increasing in young population. College students, particularly medical students have shown vulnerability for developing eating disorders. Diferent sociodemographic factors, BMI, body image and self-esteem have complex interaction with eating disorders risk. However, there has been very litle research exploring these relationships in Indian population. Aim: To evaluate relationship of sociodemographic factors, BMI, body image and self-esteem with eating disorders risk. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 193 medical students with the help of semi structured proforma consisting of sociodemographic information, self-reported height and weight to calculate BMI, Body Shape Questionnaire 16-item Short Form (BSQ-16) to assess perceived body image, Rosenberg Self- esteem Scale (RSES) to assess self-esteem and Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) to assess eating disorder risk. Results: We found male students to be at slightly more risk than female students for developing eating disorders. Male students also had signifcantly higher BMI and more body image dissatisfaction than female students. Eating disorders risk was signifcantly associated with elevated BMI and body image dissatisfaction. However, there was no signifcant correlation between eating disorders risk and self-esteem. Conclusion: The present study brings out the vulnerability of male students for developing eating disorders and highlighted elevated BMI and body image dissatisfaction as potential risk factors associated with eating disorders risk. The present study gives insight into early identifcation and prevention or early treatment of eating pathologies in these students. Keywords: Eating disorders risk, Body mass index, Body image, Self-esteem, Medical students Corresponding author: Bhushan Chaudhari, Department of Psychiatry, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical Collge, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India. Tel: 918805720217; E-mail: drbhushan_chaudhari@redifmail.com The Relatonship of Eatng Disorders Risk with Body Mass Index, Body Image and Self-Esteem among Medical Students Bhushan Chaudhari, Abhinav Tewari, Jyotsna Vanka, Saurav Kumar, Daniel Saldanha Department of Psychiatry, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical Collge, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India Introduction In recent years, eating disorders have been a cause for concern especially due to their increasing prevalence in all racial, ethnic and socioeconomic groups. [1] Traditionally, eating disorders were considered to be restricted to the population of industrial and developed western countries. [2] In contrary, non-western population was thought to be relatively protected from eating disorders because of their cultural differences of symbolizing fatness for beauty, affuence and fertility. [3,4] But with increasing globalization, the western concept of lean and thin body shape as ideal body shape is spreading in non-western population also, increasing body dissatisfaction and unhealthy eating attitudes and behaviours in this population. [5-8] Though the literature in this regard in Indian population is scarce, researchers have shown that the Indian adolescent girls have similar body ideals as that of western girls in relation to body image disturbance and eating disorders [9,10] and also that the rates of clinical and subclinical eating disorders are on increase in the Indian community. [11-13] There has been consensus among researchers that certain groups in community are at more risk than the others for developing these disorders. Adolescents and teenage population is particularly vulnerable for eating disorder risk because of transitional nature of this life phase with respect to family relations, friendship, one’s self concept and goal for future. [14] Higher education students also showed similar high risk behaviours leading to eating disorders. Separation from parents, relatively independent lifestyle, establishment of new social relations, gaining acceptance in social relations, need for increased perfectionism, competitive environment and infuence from peers can lead to this change in eating behaviours among these higher education students. [15,16] Some researchers have established that medical students are more at risk for developing eating disorders. [17-19] The vulnerability of medical students can be explained by multiple factors. Stress has been found out to be one of the important triggers for precipitating disordered eating behaviours and it is a well-known fact that medical education is associated with stress. Stigma surrounding eating disorders and mental disorders in general may lead to denial or affect their treatment seeking behaviour. Even it may lead to self-treatment. These factors may delay early identifcation and treatment of early