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Sandeep Awaghade
Vishal Naikare
SnehaMankar
Late night indulgence is part of normal life, yet for some, night time eating is regular occurrence that leads tohealth issues and feeling of low self esteem. It is estimated that anywhere from 1.5% to 10 % of population suffers from night eating syndrome (NES) which is defined as an eating disorder in which 25 % or more of an individual’s daily calorie intake is consumed after the evening meal.Ifyou have this eating pattern you will find its characterized by symptoms like waking at night to eat or feeling as if you cannot go back to sleep unless you eat something. Need for the study: prevalence of obesity is increasing day by day due to faulty eating habits hence it was felt that it is important to know faulty eating habits among high risk population.Resear ch question: Howmany students have nocturnal eating pattern? Objectives:To assess the nocturnal eating pattern among nursing students in selected colleges of Pune. Methodology: A quantitative non experimental descriptive exploratory method was adopted for the present study. Study was conducted on 1st and 2nd year MSc nursing students of SinhgadCollege of Nursing, Pune. The study samples are 25 studentsfrom 1st year MSc nursing students of SinhgadCollege of Nursing Pune. Non probability purposive sampling technique was used. Data analysis and Result:Result of the study showed that there is no any nocturnal eating pattern present among the selected samples.
Keywords: Nocturnal Eating Pattern, Nursing Students