The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Impact of Nutrition Education and Positive Therapy on Stress and Anxiety in School Going Adolescents


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1 Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore - 641043, India
     

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Perceived as a malady afflicting only adults, stress and anxiety are now affecting children and adolescents at an alarming rate. Symptoms of stress may be cognitive , emotional, physical or behavioral. The behavioral influences include bad food choices, poor eating habits and a sedentary lifestyle. Psychological factors involved are stress, anxiety and depression, leading to excessive calorie intake for self-gratification, School children take to more fatty foods as their lives grow stressful.
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  • Impact of Nutrition Education and Positive Therapy on Stress and Anxiety in School Going Adolescents

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Rohini Tiwari
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore - 641043, India
C. Yegammai
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore - 641043, India

Abstract


Perceived as a malady afflicting only adults, stress and anxiety are now affecting children and adolescents at an alarming rate. Symptoms of stress may be cognitive , emotional, physical or behavioral. The behavioral influences include bad food choices, poor eating habits and a sedentary lifestyle. Psychological factors involved are stress, anxiety and depression, leading to excessive calorie intake for self-gratification, School children take to more fatty foods as their lives grow stressful.