Background: Obesity is one of the most rapidly increasing health problems in the world, not only in developed countries, but also in less affluent economies. Changes in dietary habits and physical activity have been implicated as potential causes of obesity. Breakfast skipping is also an another factor. The present study shows that the percentage prevalence of obesity is high who skipped breakfast . Not only breakfast skipping but its frequency is also important. The present study shows there is a positive association between number of eating episodes and obesity.Objectives: To find out the association between eating pattern and obesity among college going girls in an urban ward in Kolkata .Methods: The study was conducted in a college of a urban area of Bagbazar, Kolkata in the month of January,2015. All students from the different departments were taken by simple random sampling method. Data were collected by self administered questionnaire. Results: The present study shows that according to BMI (S.A Class) 166 are obese, among them 48.19% are in ‘Increasing Risk’ and 51.81% are in ‘High Risk’. The prevalence among nonobese who take meal less than four times a day is 28.27% and who take meal more than four times a day is 73.39%. The present study shows that 60.82% skipped breakfast among obese and 39.17% in non-obese. Physical activity, sedentary life style have direct relation with obesity. The present study shows that 97.42% have low P.A score among obese.93.70% have high among non-obese. Dietary intake is the most important factor that helps in the development obesity. The present study shows that , the intake of high energy(avg. energy -intake by 3-day recall) among obese is 66.66%, whereas the intake of low energy is less than 1500Kcal among nonobese i.e 71.80%.The present study also shows that the intake of high fat(g) more than 40 g/day is 63.64%, among obese whereas the percentage of low-fat intake (less than 30g/day) is higher in non-obese i.e 58.42%.Conclusions: Awareness need to be given to the students regarding healthy eating patterns to prevent obesity.

Keywords : Obesity, Eating Pattern, Breakfast skipping, Eating episodes, Dietary Intake, Physical activity, Life Style factors.