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Aim : To study the effect of Nutrition education program on the consumption pattern of outside food by the college students of Mumbai city. Study design: Height was taken using height chart while weight and BMI was taken using omron Hbf-701 body composition analysing machine. Total 50 subjects were selected for the study. Methodology : Total 50 subjects (boys and girls) participated from the classes between the age group of 18-22 years of age were selected for the study from the Mumbai city. Omron Hbf-701 body composition analyser was used to asses weight and BMI. SPSS version 20 was used for the data analysis. Results: The results were found to be non significant at (p?0.05) 0.87 for weight and (p?0.05) 0.78 for BMI. Increased consumption of outside food was associated with high BMI and samples were found to be overweight or obese while lower consumption was associated with comparatively low BMI. Conclusion: Post the nutrition education program it was observed that the frequency of consumption of outside food was highly reduced and samples were found to choose a healthy option while eating outside. For the study to be more effective an emerging need of nutrition education program was still needed for the population with poor nutrition knowledge.