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Abstract : Eating disorders are characterized by significant and persistent disruption of eating behaviours, along with the accompanying distressing thoughts and emotions. These illnesses, which affect social, psychological, and physical functioning, can be quite harmful. In order to ascertain the prevalence of disordered eating behaviour and the efficacy of a structured teaching program on eating disorder knowledge among adolescent girls in the selected Panchkula school, a pre-experimental study was conducted. This study took into consideration a number of factors, including age, religion, family type, the educational backgrounds and occupations of the mother and father, the monthly income of the family, the weekly intake of fruits and vegetables, the weekly intake of junk food, and the number of meals consumed daily. There is no significant correlation between knowledge about eating disorders and religion, father's education, occupation, mother's education, occupation, family income, eating habits, weekly consumption of junk food, number of meals per day, and weekly consumption of fruits and vegetables, according to the calculated Chi square value, which is less than the table value at the 0.05 level of significance.