DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2013.v01i05.0048

Pages: 544-547

One of the significant aspect, yet partially explored in women of Uttarakhand, India, is the contribution of nutritional status in influencing their levels of stress, specifically in reference to their age and marital status. Hence, the present exploratory research was conducted on 63 women of age range 22-55years in Uttarakhand, firstly, to assess and classify the nutritional status of the women in accordance to their BMI, secondly, to assess the level of stress experienced by women in various categories of BMI and lastly, to study the effect of age and marital status as the possible predictors of variations in stress and BMI. The results revealed an increasing trend in stress with BMI, with women at the risk of obesity having maximum stress. BMI and stress were found to be significantly influenced by increase in the age and changes in the marital status.