Formulation and substantiation of homemade complementary baby food by selective feeding trial

Md. Abdul Hakim and Md. Ariful Alam and Mohamed Hanafi Musa and Shaikh Md. Abdur Rouf and Md. Amirul Alam and Md. Zaidul Islam Sarker (2013) Formulation and substantiation of homemade complementary baby food by selective feeding trial. Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment, 11. pp. 346-353. ISSN 1459-0263

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Abstract

The complementary food was prepared from dried grinded corn, bengal gram and sesame seed, banana, pumpkin and sugar with adequate amount. The results indicated that the crude protein, lipid, fibre, ash, moisture, energy and carbohydrate were higher than values in the proprietary formula. To evaluate the efficacy of this low-cost complementary baby food on the growth of children between the age group 1 to 2 years and intervention program was carried out in an urban slum. For this trial feeding 18 children with various degrees of malnutrition were selected from slum dwellers by anthropometric indices. The children were classified as control and feeding group. The anthropometric indices of these children showed that control group suffers from continuous weight loss where as the feeding group showed positive correlation with the growth curve. Thus, complementary food processed from locally available food commodities must have a great potential in providing nutritious foods.

Item Type:	Article
Keyword:	Complementary baby food , RDA , Malnutrition , Feeding group , Control group , Food based approach
Subjects:	R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ1-570 Pediatrics > RJ206-235 Nutrition and feeding of children and adolescents
Department:	FACULTY > Faculty of Sustainable Agriculture
Depositing User:	SITI AZIZAH BINTI IDRIS -
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2022 11:32
Last Modified:	22 Nov 2022 11:32
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34927

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