Impact of Millet-Based Interventions on Weight, Body Mass Index and Haemoglobin of School-Going Adolescent Girls

Dhruthi Devulapalli; Devaki Gokhale

doi:10.17485/IJST/v15i20.2068

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Impact of Millet-Based Interventions on Weight, Body Mass Index and Haemoglobin of School-Going Adolescent Girls

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/IJST/v15i20.2068

Year: 2022, Volume: 15, Issue: 20, Pages: 983-988

Original Article

Impact of Millet-Based Interventions on Weight, Body Mass Index and Haemoglobin of School-Going Adolescent Girls

Dhruthi Devulapalli^1*, Devaki Gokhale²

¹Office of the district collector, Mahabubnagar Collectorate, Mahabubnagar, 509001, India
²Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Symbiosis Institute of Health Science, Symbiosis International University (Deemed) Pune, 411042 *, India

*Corresponding Author
Email: [email protected]

Received Date:07 November 2022, Accepted Date:21 March 2022, Published Date:28 May 2022

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

Objective: To identify the nutritional impact of millet-based foods such as millet health mix and energy bars, finger millet cutlets, and biscuits preand post-intervention on weight, Body Mass Index (BMI), and haemoglobin. Methods: A cross-sectional interventional study was conducted with seventythree (n=73) adolescent girls from a Zilla Parishad High School (ZPHS) of Gangapur village, Mahabubnagar, Telangana. Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS and a p-value that is <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Findings: More than 90% of the adolescents were anemic and had blood haemoglobin levels between 7.0 to 9.9 g/dl. Post-intervention, the mean weight improved from 26.771.4 kg to 26.922.1 kg, mean BMI increased from 16.42.5kg/m2 to 17.32.2 kg/m2, and haemoglobin from 8.400.9 g/dl to 8.450.6 g/dl. The paired t-test analysis revealed statistically significant changes in the weight (p=0.001) and the BMI (p=0.001) pre-intervention and post-intervention at 95% CI. Novelty: As an adjunct to the Mid-Day Meal (MDM), four varieties of millet-based ready-to-eat foods were used to tackle the issue of anemia among school-going adolescent girls.

Keywords: Adolescent Girls; Anemia; Body Mass Index; Haemoglobin; MilletBased Foods; Weight

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