TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nirmmala C 
AU  - Prema L (Guide)
TI  - Impact of Soya Enriched Food Supplement on the Nutritional Status of Women Beneficiaries of ICDS 
U1  - 640 
PY  - 2002///
CY  -  Vellayani
PB  - Department of Home Science, College of Agriculture
N2  - The study comprises evaluation of existing supplementary nutrition 
component of IeDS and ascertaining the impact of newly developed food 
supplement on the nutritional status of women beneficiaries of IeDS. 
Assessment of programme efficiency of the existing 
supplementary nutrition component of IeDS revealed lack of infra 
structure facilities and basic facilities in many centres. Irregularity In 
feeding was mainly due to delay in effecting the supply and due to 
administrative constraints. 
An attempt was made to standardise food supplement suitable for 
lactating women beneficiaries. With this objective, 97 food formulations 
were computed and from this 15 combinations were selected. From 
among these 5 combinations with high nutritive value, amino acid score, 
and chemical'score, were selected. Nutrient density, physiological 
tolerance, shelf life qualities, organoleptic qualities and cost were the 
major parameters administered to select the best combination. 
Different r ec ip e s were standardised using the chosen food 
supplement as the base mix. Nine point hedonic scale was administered to 
select the suitable recipe, with the help of 50 experts at the institutional level. 
 
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The acceptability of the same was tested at the field level through 
preference studies among field level functionaries (50) and women 
beneficiaries (100). Most acceptable recipe was selected for the feedipg 
programme. A feeding experiment of 6 months duration was conducted 
with selected recipe in 10 centres with 60 lactating women beneficiaries 
where the evaluated food supplement was to replace the existing ICDS 
supplement. In this feeding programme 60 beneficiaries of existing ICDS 
programme in other centres formed CG. 
Socio economic and demographic profile of the beneficiaries of 
the two groups were elicited to ensure that there was no variation between 
the two groups in this respect. Many beneficiaries were belonging to 
nuclear type BPL families with 3 to 4 members and employed In 
unorganised sector. The educational level and health profile with 
reference to anthrompometric measurement of the beneficiaries were also 
found uniform. 
Assessment of food habits and nutrient intake revealed uniformity 
in the inclusion of different foods and nutrient availability from the diet. 
The feeding programme was conducted for six months. The impact of 
the food supplement on the beneficiaries of EG revealed an improvement 
in the anthrompometric measurements, clinical deficiency manifestations 
and blood profile with reference to haemoglobin, serum protein, serum 
albumin, serum iron and TIBC but this improvement was not observed 
among the CG beneficiaries. 


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