The purpose of the study was to compare the body image, eating disorder, body mass index (BMI) and physiological variables (peak flow rate, pulse rate, blood pressure) between athletes and non-athletes. To achieve the objectives of the study, a total of 120 subjects; sixty male and female athletes and sixty male and female non-athletes were selected randomly from Panjab University, Chandigarh (India). The age of the subjects ranged between 18 to 25 years. To determine the significant differences, 't' test was applied. The level of significance was set at 0.05. There were significant...