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Seasonal Variation in Iron Status of Adolescent Girls and Its Management

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Title Seasonal Variation in Iron Status of Adolescent Girls and Its Management
 
Creator Singh, Anchal
 
Contributor Grover, Kiran
 
Subject biological phenomena, seasons, iron, vitamins, diseases, purification, productivity, summer, selection, fruits
 
Description A sample of 120 adolescent girls (60 rural and 60 urban) in the age group of 13-15 years were selected from two schools of Ludhiana district. The data on general profile, socio-economic status, mass media exposure and menarche were collected. Seasonal variation in iron status was recorded in terms of dietary intake, anthropometric, clinical and biochemical parameters. The mean food frequency scores of foods rich in haematinic nutrients, mean daily food and nutrient intake and haemoglobin level of adolescent girls were found to be significantly higher in winter season. The value added cereal, pulses and vegetable based traditional recipes using dehydrated Bengal gram (Cicer arietinum), Fenugreek (Trigonella corniculata) and Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) leaves at various level of supplementation were prepared. The mean ganoleptic scores of supplemented cereal (7.5% level), pulses (5.0% level) and vegetable (7.5% level) based value added traditional recipes were scored highest for all sensory attributes. Nutritional analysis of all the accepted value added traditional recipes showed the higher value for haematinic (blood forming) nutrients which extend the utility of supplementation of dehydrated green leafy vegetables in traditional recipes for iron security. Developed value added traditional recipes were demonstrated to selected adolescent girls of experimental group for management of seasonal variation in iron status. Nutrition intervention including lecture-cum-demonstration imparted over a period of three months showed a significant improvement in Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) scores, food frequency scores and haemoglobin level. Hence, the present study recommends the implementation of season related specific nutrition intervention to improve the overall health of adolescent girls. Key words: Adolescent girls,
 
Date 2016-04-08T12:06:44Z
2016-04-08T12:06:44Z
2014
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/65408
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher PAU