Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Impact of garden cress supplemented biscuits on nutritional profile of malnourished and anemic school children (seven–nine years)

Impact of garden cress supplemented biscuits on nutritional profile of malnourished and anemic... <jats:sec> <jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Purpose</jats:title> <jats:p>This paper aims to evaluate the impact of garden cress supplemented biscuits on the nutritional status of malnourished children.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Design/methodology/approach</jats:title> <jats:p>For the present study, 60 underweight and anemic seven-nine-year-old school children were selected according to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification and divided into two groups, i.e. experimental (30) and control (30). Biscuits (60 g) developed using roasted garden cress seeds were supplemented to the experimental group, while biscuits without garden cress seeds were provided to control group for a period of three months and impact was observed in terms of improvement in nutritional status of subjects before and after the supplementation.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Findings</jats:title> <jats:p>The food and nutrient intake increased with increased percent nutrient adequacy and sharp increase (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> ≤ 0.05) was noticed in cereal, fat and sugar after supplementation. Average height, weight, body mass index and mid-upper arm circumference increased, with 3.56 and 0.87 per cent gain in weight and height (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> ≤ 0.05) respectively. Hemoglobin levels increased from 10.6 to 11g/dl with little improvement (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> ≤ 0.05) in proteins, albumin and other indices of blood profile and nine subjects fell in non-anemic category.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Research limitations/implications</jats:title> <jats:p>The diets of both groups were not controlled, which might have varied the results.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Practical implications</jats:title> <jats:p>Garden cress-seed-enriched biscuits were able to have a positive impact on the nutritional profile of malnourished and anemic school children.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Social/implications</jats:title> <jats:p>The duration of supplementation was short, which may have affected these results. Therefore, researchers are encouraged to perform long-duration supplementation study for more accurate results.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Originality/value</jats:title> <jats:p>This paper identifies the need for promoting garden cress seeds in supplementary foods to reduce malnutrition.</jats:p> </jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nutrition & Food Science CrossRef

Impact of garden cress supplemented biscuits on nutritional profile of malnourished and anemic school children (seven–nine years)

Nutrition & Food Science , Volume 47 (4): 553-566 – Jul 10, 2017

Impact of garden cress supplemented biscuits on nutritional profile of malnourished and anemic school children (seven–nine years)


Abstract

<jats:sec>
<jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Purpose</jats:title>
<jats:p>This paper aims to evaluate the impact of garden cress supplemented biscuits on the nutritional status of malnourished children.</jats:p>
</jats:sec>
<jats:sec>
<jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Design/methodology/approach</jats:title>
<jats:p>For the present study, 60 underweight and anemic seven-nine-year-old school children were selected according to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification and divided into two groups, i.e. experimental (30) and control (30). Biscuits (60 g) developed using roasted garden cress seeds were supplemented to the experimental group, while biscuits without garden cress seeds were provided to control group for a period of three months and impact was observed in terms of improvement in nutritional status of subjects before and after the supplementation.</jats:p>
</jats:sec>
<jats:sec>
<jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Findings</jats:title>
<jats:p>The food and nutrient intake increased with increased percent nutrient adequacy and sharp increase (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> ≤ 0.05) was noticed in cereal, fat and sugar after supplementation. Average height, weight, body mass index and mid-upper arm circumference increased, with 3.56 and 0.87 per cent gain in weight and height (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> ≤ 0.05) respectively. Hemoglobin levels increased from 10.6 to 11g/dl with little improvement (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> ≤ 0.05) in proteins, albumin and other indices of blood profile and nine subjects fell in non-anemic category.</jats:p>
</jats:sec>
<jats:sec>
<jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Research limitations/implications</jats:title>
<jats:p>The diets of both groups were not controlled, which might have varied the results.</jats:p>
</jats:sec>
<jats:sec>
<jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Practical implications</jats:title>
<jats:p>Garden cress-seed-enriched biscuits were able to have a positive impact on the nutritional profile of malnourished and anemic school children.</jats:p>
</jats:sec>
<jats:sec>
<jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Social/implications</jats:title>
<jats:p>The duration of supplementation was short, which may have affected these results. Therefore, researchers are encouraged to perform long-duration supplementation study for more accurate results.</jats:p>
</jats:sec>
<jats:sec>
<jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Originality/value</jats:title>
<jats:p>This paper identifies the need for promoting garden cress seeds in supplementary foods to reduce malnutrition.</jats:p>
</jats:sec>

Loading next page...
 
/lp/crossref/impact-of-garden-cress-supplemented-biscuits-on-nutritional-profile-of-N0XUI9EI2Y

References (34)

Publisher
CrossRef
ISSN
0034-6659
DOI
10.1108/nfs-09-2016-0144
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

<jats:sec> <jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Purpose</jats:title> <jats:p>This paper aims to evaluate the impact of garden cress supplemented biscuits on the nutritional status of malnourished children.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Design/methodology/approach</jats:title> <jats:p>For the present study, 60 underweight and anemic seven-nine-year-old school children were selected according to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification and divided into two groups, i.e. experimental (30) and control (30). Biscuits (60 g) developed using roasted garden cress seeds were supplemented to the experimental group, while biscuits without garden cress seeds were provided to control group for a period of three months and impact was observed in terms of improvement in nutritional status of subjects before and after the supplementation.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Findings</jats:title> <jats:p>The food and nutrient intake increased with increased percent nutrient adequacy and sharp increase (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> ≤ 0.05) was noticed in cereal, fat and sugar after supplementation. Average height, weight, body mass index and mid-upper arm circumference increased, with 3.56 and 0.87 per cent gain in weight and height (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> ≤ 0.05) respectively. Hemoglobin levels increased from 10.6 to 11g/dl with little improvement (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> ≤ 0.05) in proteins, albumin and other indices of blood profile and nine subjects fell in non-anemic category.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Research limitations/implications</jats:title> <jats:p>The diets of both groups were not controlled, which might have varied the results.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Practical implications</jats:title> <jats:p>Garden cress-seed-enriched biscuits were able to have a positive impact on the nutritional profile of malnourished and anemic school children.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Social/implications</jats:title> <jats:p>The duration of supplementation was short, which may have affected these results. Therefore, researchers are encouraged to perform long-duration supplementation study for more accurate results.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Originality/value</jats:title> <jats:p>This paper identifies the need for promoting garden cress seeds in supplementary foods to reduce malnutrition.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

Journal

Nutrition & Food ScienceCrossRef

Published: Jul 10, 2017

There are no references for this article.