Background: Body shaming is a growing concern among adults. While body shaming targets physical appearance, its impact extends beyond that, negatively affecting a person’s mental and physical health, social well-being, and professional life. This study was undertaken to estimate the proportion of body shaming and its impact on the social and emotional behaviour of medical students at a medical college in a metropolitan city. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted among the medical students and interns with the help of a semi-structured questionnaire disseminated through digital platform as google form and the required data obtained, analysed and represented as percentage. Results: Body shaming was experienced by 164 participants (65.6%), majority being females 121 (73.8%) and 43 (26.2%)males . Majority of the participants 105 (64%) were body shamed for their weight.Body shaming led to mental health impacts like low self-confidence (57.3%), low self-esteem 93 (56.7%), eating disorders 69 (42%), social isolation 59 (35.6%),depression 42 (25.6%) and anger issues 21 (12.8%). Body shaming is significantly associated with multiple negative psychological outcomes in both males and females. While females experience body shaming more frequently, males appear to experience more severe impacts. Conclusion: Body shaming as an important public health concern requiring gender-sensitive preventive and supportive interventions.Promoting body positivity is the need of the hour as body shaming has a negative impact on social & emotional behavior of an individual.