Assessment Of Nutritional Status Of Rural Children (1-5 Year Age) Of Udaipur District And Development Of Nutri-Rich Food Products To Combat Malnutrition
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2020-09-25
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MPUT, UDAIPUR
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The present study was conducted with an objective to assess nutritional status of underfive
children and development of nutri-rich premixes to combat malnutrition. The study
was conducted at Girwa and Badgaon panchayats of Udaipur district of Rajasthan
covering eight villages purposively and a total of 400 children of 1-5 years were selected
from these villages for the study. A self- structured interview schedule was used to collect
the information. Nutritional status of the respondents was assessed using anthropometric
measurements (height, weight, MUAC, head circumference and chest circumference), 24
hr dietary recall and clinical observation method. Mean heights and weights of the
subjects increased progressively with increase in age. But were significantly shorter and
lighter compared to WHO standards. Stunting was observed to be 47.64 percent and
38.27 percent among boys and girls respectively. Further, 40.84 percent of children
among girls and 33.54 percent among boys were underweight. About 15.31 percent boys
and 16.75 percent girls among the selected children were found to be wasted. Overall
percentage of malnourished girls (45.02%) was higher than the boys (38.75%) according
to MUAC. According to head to chest circumference ratio overall 36.36 percent children
among boys and 38.74 percent children among girls were malnourished. The intake of
cereals, pulses, roots and tubers, others vegetables, green leafy vegetables, fruits, milk
and milk products were significantly (p<0.05) lower than RDI. Adequacy of roots and
tubers and fats and oils was above 80 percent and sugar adequacy was above 90 percent
in both boys and girls in 1-3 years age group children. The intake of all food groups were
significantly (p<0.05) lower than RDI in 3-5 years children. The intake of all the nutrients
was significantly lower than the ICMR recommendations in both the age group children.
Total nine (9) types of premixes viz. Dalia mix, Chapatti mix, Sattu mix in the Protein-
Calorie rich category, Ladoo mix, Cookies mix, Idli mix in Calcium-Iron rich category
and Poori mix, Burfi mix, Halwa mix in Beta-carotene rich category were formulated
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using cereals, millets, pulses, oilseed and vegetable after processing and blending in
different proportions and standardized. In Dalia mix, the premix formulated with wheat
grits, pearl millet grits, green gram dal and groundnut grits in the proportion of
40:20:30:10, in Chapatti mix, wheat flour, Bengal gram flour, soybean flour in proportion
of 60:20:20, Sattu mix formulated using roasted Bengal gram, roasted wheat and roasted
ground nut in the proportion of 60:30:10, Ladoo mix formulated with finger millet flour,
wheat flour, rice flake, sesame seed and garden cress seed (45:30:10:10:5), Cookies mix
formulated using finger millet flour, refined wheat flour, amaranths seed flour, garden
cress seed and milk powder (40:25:20:5:10), Idli mix using finger millet flour, amaranths
seed flour, black gram flour and garden cress seed (40:25:30:5), Poori mix prepared with
wheat flour, carrot powder and curry leaf powder in the proportion of 85:10:5, Burfi
mixes formulated using Bengal gram flour and carrot powder (50:50) and Halwa mix
formulated with wheat flour, carrot powder and pumpkin powder in the proportion of
35:35:30 were selected and stored in ambient temperature for three months in HDPE
packaging. Among Protein-Calorie rich premixes, protein content of Chapatti mix, Sattu
mix and Dalia mix was observed to be 20.03 percent, 19.25 percent and 17.24 percent
respectively whereas, energy content of Sattu mix was observed to be 404.83 kcal,
followed by 381.37 kcal in Dalia mix and 375.67 kcal in Chapatti mix. In Calcium-Iron
rich premixes, calcium content of Ladoo mix, Cookies mix and Idli mix was found to be
294.53, 319.80 and 256.41 mg/100g respectively whereas, iron content of ladoo mix was
found to be 9.13 mg/100g, cookies mix was 8.89 mg/100g and Idli mix was found to be
10.10 mg/100g. Among Beta-carotene rich premixes, β-carotene content was observed to
be 5895.12 μg/100g in Halwa mix followed by 4041.24 μg/100g in Burfi mix and
1564.66 μg/100g in Poori mix. Though moisture content, peroxide value and microbial
load of formulated premixes were increased with advancement of storage period, all the
premixes can be stored beyond the period of three months with better sensory scores.
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Assessment Of Nutritional Status Of Rural Children (1-5 Year Age) Of Udaipur District And Development Of Nutri-Rich Food Products To Combat Malnutrition
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Sethy S. And Mogra R.