Role of Stress Relieving Foods among Working Women

Every human being faces challenges and obstacles during life and sometimes the pressure is hard to handle resulting in Stress. This study was aimed at assessing the stress level among 250 women working in silk fibre mills located at arni taluk of Thiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu using Occupational Stress Index. Stress relieving foods such as lime juice, milk and banana were selected and supplemented to the experimental groups. The mean stress scores of the supplemented groups was found to be statistically significant at one per cent level.

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Dr. R.Usharani, M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D. Foods Science and Nutrition. Avinashilingam University. University rank holder in UG. Qualified NET on January 2017 successfully.Served as Project Fellow - UGC major research project under the supervision of Dr.U.K. Lakshmi, Former Dean, Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition.