Objective To study the cognition of obesity and weight loss among college students.Method Questionare survey on 200 students sampling in random in Jinggangshan University had been completed.Results 38.0% of the students investigated were satisfied with their own figure;81.0% of them believed obesity would induce illness;89.0% of them considered that a fat man should lose weight;76.0% of them did sports and got on a diat to lose weight;31.0% of them had tried to lose weight

23.5% of them were losing weight and 45.5% of them had never attempted to do so.Conclusion The degree of satisfaction with their own figures is low among college students.The most commonly wsed method to lose weight is sports.However

cognition of obesity is not comprehensive.There is blind weight-loss and unreasonable method.The healthy education should be developed in high school to enhance the students’ knowledge of scientific weight-loss and obesity.