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Subject: Food and Nutrition × Author: B, KASTURIBA × End date: 1999 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    PROMOTION OF VITAMIN A STATUS THROUGH HORTICULTURE INTERVENTION
    (University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 1999) B, KASTURIBA; NAIK, RAMA K
    The investigation focused on vitamin A status and impact of synthetic and horticulture intervention on vitamin A status. Vitamin A status of 153 school children of Dharwad taluk was assessed by dietary, anthropometry, clinical and biochemical analysis. Children with serum retinol level less than 20ug/100ml were included in intervention study. Children from group-l formed the control, a single massive oral dose of 2,00,000 lU of vitamin A was given to group-II, horticultural intervention was given to group-lll daily for 3 months, where standardized recipes (fenugreek chapathi, drumstick leaves chapathi and carrot bhaji) met days's vitamin A allowance (2400ug/day). Serum retinol level, haemoglobin level, anthropometric parameters and morbidity pattern were recorded before and after supplementation period. The intake of all the nutrients of sample was less compared to recommended dietary allowances. The adequacy of iron and p-carolens was less than 50 per cent. As per Waterlow's classification, 29.41, 62.09, 5.23 and 3.27 percent were in normal, stunting, wasting and stunting and wasting group, respectively. Majority fell in the category of low level of serum retinol and anemic group. The prevalence of xerosis, night blindness and bitot's spots was 4.58, 0.65 and 0.65 percent, respectively. Significant association between adequacy of protein, p-carotene, fat and serum retinol level and blood forming nutrients and haemoglobin level was apparent. A significant relationship was also evident between haemoglobin level and serum retinol level. Both synthetic vitamin A and horticulture intervention improved the serum retinol, hemoglobin level and anthropometric parameters. The synthetic supplementation showed high increment value for serum retinol level compared to the horticulture supplementation group. Nevertheless, the increment value for anthropometry and hemoglobin level was high and there was a clear decrease in the episodes of illness in the horticulture intervention group. Hence, horticulture intervention is cost-effective, long-term, natural and sustainable strategy to solve existing vitamin A Deficiency problem.