Improvement of protein energy malnutrition by nutritional intervention with Moringa oleifera among anganwadi children in rural area in Bangalore, India

Improvement of protein energy malnutrition by nutritional intervention with Moringa oleifera among anganwadi children in rural area in Bangalore, India

2014

E09448

Introduction: Protein energy malnutrition (PEM) is a major public health problem in developing countries. Aims and Objectives: The study was conducted with the objectives of a) identifying children with Protein Energy Malnutrition, b) to give nutritional intervention in the form of Moringa Oleifera powder to the children for 2 months and c) to reassess the nutritional status after the nutritional intervention at the end of 2 months. Materials and Methods: A before and after study was conducted in the rural field practice area of Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bangalore, India on sixty children, thirty in the intervention group and thirty in the control group. Nutritional Intervention was given in the form of Moringa oleifera leaf powder 15 g twice daily for two months. Reassessment of the nutritional status was done following the intervention.Results: It was found that 70% children with grade II PEM improved to grade I, and 60% children with grade I PEM had shown significant (P < 0.01) improvement in their nutritional status. Conclusion: Moringa Oleifera is a good malnutrition combatant and needs to be promoted in the community.

2(1):32-35, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY

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