Abstract
The increase in the stress generated psychophysiological disorders promotes a probe into the influence of lifestyle modification factors and food consumption on stress .Hence, the present study aims to study, firstly, the impact of lifestyle modification factors on stress in reference to sex and secondly, the frequency of the consumption of major food groups by individuals experiencing various levels of stress in reference to sex. An exploratory study comprising a sample of 117 individuals (62females and 55 males) of age range 22-55years was conducted in Uttarakhand, India. PSSI was administered for assessing the levels of stress. Questionnaires were developed for identifying lifestyle modification factors and food consumption pattern. Mean scores and percentages were employed to describe the data. t-test and χ² were deployed for the assessment of significant difference. Non vegetarian females, male smokers and alcoholics of both the sexes revealed higher stress than their counterparts. Females consuming junk and market food had lower stress than those females who were not consuming the same. Contrary to the females, males consuming junk and market food had higher stress levels than the males who were not consuming junk and market food. Significant differences were found in the stress levels of males who consumed roots and tubers, milk based products and saturated fats. Further studies with larger sample size are required.Int. J. Soc. Sc. Manage. Vol. 3, Issue-4: 239-245
Highlights
Stress has been recognized as one of the vital reason, which increases the vulnerability towards various disorders
Health modifying behavior like eating habit, alcohol consumption, smoking status, junk food intake and readymade market food consumption was studied in 62 females and 55 males in relation to their stress levels
The impact of life modifying factors on stress level is documented in Table 1 and Table 2 for females and males, respectively
Summary
Stress has been recognized as one of the vital reason, which increases the vulnerability towards various disorders. In India stress has been a leading cause of various psycho-physiological disorders. Like, hypertension (Gupta et al, 2012) and mental and behavioral disorders (Reddy and Chandrashekhar, 1998) are disturbing. Like, smoking, alcohol and junk food consumption, etc may be considered merely a part of daily living. Their high prevalence signifies that they can be the indicators or initiators of some psychophysiological complexities. In India, a study conducted in Meerut region revealed the prevalence of tobacco users among adult males to be 72.8%
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