A CORRELATIONAL STUDY ON EATING HABITS AND COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to explore the relationship between Eating Behaviour and Working Memory. This is an empirical research survey. For this, a convenience sample method was adopted. A total of 37 female college students aged 18 to 21 years old were taken for the study from the city of Delhi.Adult Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (AEBQ), a self-report tool, and the Digit Span subtest of Wechsler Adult Intelligence scale (version IV) were conducted. A quantitative analysis was carried out using Bivariate correlation. A positive correlation was found between Enjoyment of Food and Memory, Emotional Over-eating and Memory, and a negative correlation was reported between Emotional Under-eating and Memory. However, the level of significance was not high and satisfactory. These results point towards the direction of the relationship between variables, studied under this research. But further research is essential to determine the strength of the relationship.