IMPACT OF SUPPLEMENTATION OF HEALTH DRINK USING UNDER UTILIZED FOODS ON THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS
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2012
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PAU Ludhiana
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Sixty adolescent girls in the age group of 16 to 18 years were selected from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana to determine the impact of supplementation of health drink using under utilized foods on the nutritional status of adolescent girls. Health drink was prepared by using whey water, pearl millet, broccoli leaf powder, banana and jaggery at three different levels i.e. S 1 with 5 g Pearl millet, 2.5 g Broccoli leaf powder, 50 g Banana, 10 g Jaggery, and 82.5 ml whey water, S 2 with 5 g Pearl millet, 3 g Broccoli leaf powder, 50 g Banana, 10 g Jaggery, and 82.5 ml whey water and S 3 with 5 g Pearl millet, 3.5 g Broccoli leaf powder, 50 g Banana, 10 g Jaggery, and 82.5 ml whey water. The developed health drink was organoleptically evaluated by a panel of judges and students by using nine-point hedonic scale. Both the panels gave the highest overall acceptability scores to the S1 level. The most acceptable level was chemically analyzed for proximate composition, available carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals and anti-nutritional factors by using standard methods. The subjects were divided into two groups i.e. control group and experimental group. The subjects in control group were observed without the supplementation of health drink and in the experimental group the subjects were supplemented with 150 ml of developed health drink for a period of three month. The mean daily intake of cereals, green leafy vegetables, fruits and sugar/jaggery increased significantly (p<0.01) after the supplementation of health drink to the subjects of experimental group. The percent increase in average daily intake of Energy, Carbohydrates, Protein and Fats was found to be 7.36, 6.68, 12.55 and 4.11 percent respectively after supplementation of health drink. The percent increase in serum retinol level, blood heamoglobin, mean corpuscular volume, packed cell volume and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration and TIBC was 4.65, 7.13, 4.88, 5.56, 2.35 and 4.88 percent, respectively was observed in the subjects after the supplementation of health drink. Hence, it can be inferred from the results that supplementation of health drink improved the nutritional status of the adolescent girls. Therefore, the consumption of underutilized foods such as pearl millet, whey water and broccoli leaf powder should be encouraged to improve their nutritional status.
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