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Effectiveness of Millet-Pulse-Groundnut Based Formulations in Improving the Growth of Pre-school Tribal Children in Telangana State, India

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https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202401.0757/v2
https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.0757.v2
 
Title Effectiveness of Millet-Pulse-Groundnut Based Formulations in Improving the Growth of Pre-school Tribal Children in Telangana State, India
 
Creator Mazumdar, S D
Afari-Sefa, V
Selvaraj, A
Durgalla, P
Seetha, A
Nedumaran, T
Nancy, D
Mane, H
Bhattacharjee, S
Swamikannu, N
Raman, A
Banerjee, R
Padmanabhan, J
Bose, D
 
Subject Millets
Sorghum
Food and Nutrition
 
Description A community-level nutrition intervention was implemented among tribal children (3 to 6 years) in Telangana, India. The one-year intervention involved six nutrient-rich formulations of millet-pulse-groundnut based products, suited to local taste preferences. Anthropometric measurements of height, weight and Mid-Upper-Arm -Circumference (MUAC) along with haemoglobin (Hb) levels were monitored at baseline and endline. The treatment group showed considerable gain in height (3.2 cm), weight (1.68 kg) and MUAC (0.33 cm), over the control group. Paired t-test indicated significant differences (p
 
Publisher MDPI
 
Date 2024-01-22
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/12391/1/preprints_1-16_2024.pdf
Mazumdar, S D and Afari-Sefa, V and Selvaraj, A and Durgalla, P and Seetha, A and Nedumaran, T and Nancy, D and Mane, H and Bhattacharjee, S and Swamikannu, N and Raman, A and Banerjee, R and Padmanabhan, J and Bose, D (2024) Effectiveness of Millet-Pulse-Groundnut Based Formulations in Improving the Growth of Pre-school Tribal Children in Telangana State, India. Preprints. pp. 1-16.