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Efficacy of double fortified salt in combating the dual problem of iron and iodine deficiency

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Title Efficacy of double fortified salt in combating the dual problem of iron and iodine deficiency
 
Creator Bathla, Shikha
 
Contributor Grover, Kiran
 
Subject food preservation, biological phenomena, iron, research methods, selection, sampling, haemoglobin, storage, vitamins, animal husbandry
 
Description The present study was undertaken to determine the storage stability of double fortified salt (DFS), availability of iodine and iron content from commonly consumed recipes and efficacy of supplementation of double fortified salt in combating iron and iodine deficiency among school going children and adolescent girls. The storage stability determined for a period of six months at an interval of two onths in different containers revealed, the air-tight plastic containers as the best form of storage with aximum retention of iron and iodine content. The total iodine and iron content, in vitro iron availability and percentage bioavailability of iron was found to be maximum in the commonly consumed recipes like moong masar dhal, rice, rajmah, gobhi aloo etc. with addition of salt at the end stage of cooking. For the efficacy trial, a sample of 120 anaemic school going children (experimental 60; control 60) in the age-group of 7-9 years were selected from local government schools. The salt was supplemented in daily Mid day meal preparations for a period of three months. The iodized salt (2.08g/child) was provided to the control and same amount of double fortified salt containing 1.76 mg iron was used for experimental group. The mean haemogloboin level of children in creased significantly resulting in 7 percent of the subjects being non-anaemic after supplementation in experimental group. The urinary iodine excretion was normal after supplementation in both groups. The prevalence of malnutrition reduced significantly in experimental (stunting 15.0 to 11.6%, under nutrition 21.7 to 15.1% and wasting 18.3 to 13.3%) group. Efficacy of supplementation in double fortified salt along with the nutrition counselling among adolescent girls in the age group of 16-18 years (experimental 30; control 30) was evaluated for a period of three months. The findings reported a significant (p>0.05) increase in nutritional knowledge and dietary intake of green leafy vegetables, other vegetables, fruits, milk and milk products, fats and oils in the experimental group. A significant increase in the percentage of adolescent girls having normal BMI (50 to 56.7%) was also observed. An improvement of 11.49, 1.22, 0.35 and 2.21 percent in the haemoglobin, RBC, PCV, MCHC respectively was recorded in experimental group. The mean urinary iodine excretion was found to be normal in both iodized and double fortified salt supplemented group. Hence, DFS proved to be a feasible and cost-effective
intervention to combat the dual problem of iron and iodine d eficiency among vulnerable group.
 
Date 2016-06-10T10:56:40Z
2016-06-10T10:56:40Z
2015
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/67153
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher PAU