A Experimental Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Protein Diet Supplementation among Pre-School Children with Various Degree of Protein Energy Malnutrition at Selected Community in Mysore
Journal Title: International Journal of Practical Nursing - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
Globally 10-11 million under five deaths occur each year out of which around 60% are due to malnutrition. In India 2.5 million under fives die each year. By keeping this data in mind this study was conducted among preschool children who is already malnourished with various degree and a easily available protein rich diet like milk, egg and ground nut was supplemented for a period of 15 days to 10 malnourished children and result was found reliable. The protein diet supplementation improved anthropometry of the children. This study concludes that daily protein diet supplementations are having positive impact in improving the child from various degree of protein energy malnutrition.
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S. K. Mohanasundhari
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- DOI 10.21088/ijpn.2347.7083.5117.5
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