The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between body mass index (BMI), satisfaction of perceived somatotype, and eating disorder of 133 female college students from Gyeong-gi province. The average weight is 55.3±8.8kg, and the BMI is categorized into three groups: underweight, normal weight, and overweight. In terms of the satisfaction for perceived somatotype, 58.6% of the total respondents replied "unsatisfied," which consists of 14% of the underweight group, 37.6% of the normal weight group, and 6.8% of the overweight group. This reveals that the negative association between the satisfaction levels of perceived somatotype and BMI in the normal weight group is statistically significant (p<0.001). Among three eating disorder scores, the first factor, the drive for thinness, shows significant difference (p<0.005) among groups with 2.82 points in the underweight group, 3.38 points in the normal weight group, and 3.86 points in the overweight group; such result shows that there is a drive for being skinny even within the underweight group. Second, the satisfaction levels of perceived somatotype type shows significant dissatisfaction among all groups with 3.41 points in the underweight group, 4.15 points in the normal weight group and 4.73 points in the overweight group. Third, the bulimia degree reveals a significant difference within each group, 2.15 points in the underweight group, 2.33 points in the normal weight group, and 2.78 points in the overweight group. Overall, more than half of the female college students are dissatisfied with their body shapes despite the fact that they are under or within the normal weight. In addition, the drive for being skinny and dissatisfaction levels of perceived somatotypes appear to be significantly higher with higher BMI levels.

본 연구는 체육과 여대생의 저체중집단과 상집단의 섭식행동 및 섭식장애를 분석하여 바람직한 식이습관 및 건강생활을 위한 근거를 제시하고자 위한 것으로 첫째, 집단에 따른 체육전공 여대생의 섭식행동과 섭식행동에 대한 차이를 분석하고 둘째, 집단에 따른 섭식행동과 섭식장애에 대한 관계를 분석하였다. 본 연구의 연구대상은 서울시내 체육과 여대생을 대상으로 유층집락무선표집에 의해 총 302명을 설문조사한 후 저체중집단 121명, 정상집단 181명을 대상으로 분류하여 분석하였다. 회귀분석을 한 결과 집단에 따른 섭식행동은 절제적, 정서적 요인에서 집단 간 유의한 차이가 나타났으며, 섭식장애에서는 거식증과 폭식증의 모든 변인에서 유의한 차이를 나타났으며, 섭식행동과 섭식장애에 관계분석에서는 저체중 집단과 정상집단 모두에서 섭식행동이 영향력이 있는 것으로 나타났다.