ALLEVIATION
(AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, GENDER & SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT)
Editor in Chief
Dr. Jagdish Gupta
Principal, Arya PG College, Panipat (Haryana)
Dy. Chief Editor
Dr. (Mrs.) Santosh Tikoo
Head, Depts. of Home Science, Textile & Fashion Designing and Interior Designing, Arya PG College, Panipat (Haryana)
A Joint Publication Of
Arya PG College (College with Potential for Excellence Status by UGC) G.T. Road, Panipat – 132103 (Haryana), India
&
Business Press India Delhi NCR, India
© Alleviation: An International Journal of Nutrition, Gender & Social Development,
ISSN 2348-9340, Volume 4, Number 4 (2017)
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Disclaimer: All views expressed by the contributors in their research papers are their personal views. The Editor/Publisher is not responsible for their views. All disputes, if any, arising out of contributors’ views dealing with journal are subject to Panipat (Haryana), India (For Editorial) and Delhi, India (For Publication) jurisdiction only.
Alleviation: An International Journal of Nutrition, Gender & Social Development with ISSN 2348-9340 is an interdisciplinary, peer reviewed, internationally circulated research journal and welcomes scholarly unpublished manuscripts from individuals, professional bodies, industries, industrial associations and trade unions etc. having information on nutrition, gender and social development issues and willing to share the same with others at national and international level.
Editorial Board
Chief Patron : Sh. Ravindra Gupta, President, Arya PG College Managing Committee, Panipat (Haryana), India.
Patron : : Sh. Surinder Shingla, Gen. Secretary, Arya PG College Managing Committee, Panipat (Haryana), India.
Editor in Chief : Dr. Jagdish Gupta, Principal, Arya PG College, Panipat.
Dy. Chief Editor : Dr. (Mrs.) Santosh Tikoo, Head, Depts. of Home Science, Textile & Fashion Designing and Interior Designing, Arya PG College , Panipat (Haryana), India.
International Advisory Board
Dr. Jane Desmond , Professor, Anthropology, Gender and Women’s and Global Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA.
Dr. Jinky Leilanie, Research Professor, National Institute of Health, University of the Philippines, Manila.
Dr. Jagmohan Chauhan, Former Vice Chancellor, Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry University, Nauni, Solan (Himachal Pradesh), India .
Dr. Kirti Singh, Former Vice Chancellor, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh), India.
Dr. Michael Addis, Professor, Hiatt School of Psychology, Clark University, Worecester (USA).
Dr. M.M.Bandhopadhya, Former Vice Chancellor, University of Engineering and Technology, Calicut (Kerala), India.
Dr. R.S. Chauhan, Former Vice Chancellor, Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur (Bihar), India .
Dr. Farzana Alim, Dean, Faculty of Agricultural Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), India.
Dr. Promila Sharma, Professor, Department of Family Resource Management, Faculty of Home Science, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (Uttarakhand), India .
Dr. Sudesh Gandhi, Professor and Head, Department of Family Resource Management, College of Home Science, CCSHAU, Hisar (Haryana), India.
Reviewer Committee
Dr. Deepa Vinay, Professor & Head, Department of Family Resource Management, Faculty of Home Science, G.B. Pant University of Horticulture and Technology, Pantnagar (Uttrakhand), India .
Dr. Jessy Abraham, Professor, Department of Home Science, Jammia Millia University, New Delhi, India.
Dr.Maneesha Shukul, Professor, Department of Family Resource Management, Faculty of Family and Community Studies, M.S. University, Baroda (Gujarat), India.
Dr. Rameshawari Pandya, Professor & Head, Department of Home Science Extension Education, Faculty of Family and Community Studies, M.S. University , Baroda (Gujarat), India.
Dr. Renu Malaviya, Associate Professor, Lady Irwin College of Home Science, New Delhi, India.
Dr. Vinti Dabur, Former Professor & Chairperson, Department of Home Science, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India .
Dr. Rupa Rathee, Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, Deenbandu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal (Haryana), India.
Chief & Deputy Chief Editor’s Note
It has been our great pleasure and exciting experience working with the fourth edition of the alleviation: an international journal of nutrition, gender & social development. It is a peer-reviewed journal with international editorial board with its establishment in 2014 by Arya PG College (College with potential for excellence status by UGC), Panipat , Haryana, India.
The current edition of the journal throws light on the various issues related to Nutrition
[ Namely: efficacy of diet recommended at naturopathy centers on the weight reduction among essential hypertensive patients; attitudes of consumers towards organic products in Bhopal city], Gender [Namely: impact of nutrition education on the health of working women; study of menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls of government aided schools
of Hathras; workplace stress of women and its management, and Social Development
[Namely: music and spirituality: a mode of stress management; effect of bhoot shuddhi kriya on blood hemoglobin; community radio and societal development; academic stress of graduate teacher trainees in relation to their socio-economic status; study of teacher effectiveness among aided and non-aided college teachers; lower respiratory tract diseases (LRT) in children aged 0-5 years; development of garments using princess seam; and effect of different binders through screen printing on dinning sheets using selected motif]. This issue will be valuable for the researchers, academicians and extension activists.
We wish to express our sincere gratitude to the authors of the papers who have made publication of fourth issue of the journal the best possible, to the reviewers for their dedicated work, to the college management (Sh. Ravindra Gupta and Sh. Surinder Shingla) for expressing interest in publication of the present issue of the journal.
