EFFICACY OF PROTEIN MIX SUPPLEMENTATION AMONG MALNOURISHED CHILDREN IN SELECTED PRESCHOOLS OF BENGALURU RURAL AREA, KARNATAKA STATE, INDIA
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 33
Abstract
BACKGROUND Today’s children are the future of the nation. Nutrition adequacy is one of the key determinants of the health and well-being of the children. Malnutrition is a major public health problem in the world today, particularly in preschool children, who are more vulnerable to the effects of malnutrition. Every alternate child suffers from malnutrition in India and every third malnourished child in the world is an Indian. A planned intervention is effective in increasing the nutritional status of preschool children in the prevention of protein energy malnutrition. The study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of the protein mix supplementation on the nutritional status of the malnourished children and to determine the association between the post-interventional nutritional status of the children and their selected baseline variables. MATERIALS AND METHODS A randomised controlled trial was used for the study. A total of 544 preschool children from four schools were screened for the presence of malnourishment using the Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) classification. The sample size was determined by power analysis. A structured interview schedule was used to collect the baseline data. Physical assessment of children was undertaken to know their nutritional status using the ICMR modified rating scale. Protein mix nutritious balls (Bengaluru Poushtika Thambittu) served six days per week for three months and health dairy was maintained throughout the study. RESULTS The study revealed that the nutritional status of the preschool children in the experimental group was significantly higher than in the control group at 0.05 level after intervention of Bengaluru Poushtika Thambittu (BPT). The mean score increased from 14.02 to 16.27, 98.95 to 101.11 and 14.38 to 15.36 were weight, height and mid upper arm circumference respectively in the experimental group as compared to the control group. The post-test mean difference scores of physical assessment were higher in the experimental group (17.0) as compared to the control group (1.9) (t-value= 34.4, p-value= 0.00). CONCLUSION The study findings clearly indicate that Bengaluru Poushtika Thambittu was effective in increasing the nutritional status of the preschool children in the prevention of protein energy malnutrition.
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Jayalakshmi N, Pity Koul, S. Kamalam
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