Nutritional Impact of Foods Made from Spirulina on Children of Selected Anganwadis of Siddipet District in Telangana State in India

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  • Vanitha K
  • Sandhya DNVS
  • Ramesh A
  • Priyanka D K
  • Rachana N

Abstract

In the present investigation, we sought to study the impact of introducing spirulina based nutritional supplementation to the children of Siddipet District in Telangana, India. It was observed that beneficiaries are the social community who need help, support and awareness. An integrated, spectrum and holistic study approach was made to reach the beneficiary community. Several attempts were made to find out the answers to questions raised in the concurrent development of malnourished child health status in two ICDS projects, with 30 anganwadis in Bharat Nagar and 34 anganwadis in Cheriyal under Siddipet District, with the guidance and help of District Collector and team of company, Sukrutha Organics. The Study encompasses both primary and secondary source of information, covering anganwadis of ICDS, Bharat Nagar and Cheriyal, out of which 2119 children each were selected for the study by using information collected by anganwadi teachers scheduled as tool for data collection. Peanut Chikkis (Brittle) and Biscuits made by the addition of Spirulina were distributed among the test group and no supplement was given in the control group of children who were enrolled under Anganwadis of Bharat Nagar and Cheriyal ICDS of Siddipet District. Descriptive analysis was made to draw inferences. The study has come out with some major findings, in spreading the knowledge about the ill effects of malnutrition and benefits of spirulina and foods made with spirulina. 

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Malnutrition, Spirulina supplementation, healthy snacking

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2019-09-30

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K V, DNVS S, A R, D K P, N R. Nutritional Impact of Foods Made from Spirulina on Children of Selected Anganwadis of Siddipet District in Telangana State in India. Scopus Indexed [Internet]. 2019 Sep. 30 [cited 2024 Nov. 19];12(5):4627-34. Available from: https://ijpsnonline.com/index.php/ijpsn/article/view/313

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Vol. 12 No. 5 (2019): September -October 2019

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Research Articles

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