Authors : Kumudini R. Dhore
Page Nos : 90-96
Description :
Nutritional anaemia due to iron deficiency has emerged as a major health problem of immense public importance in our country. During adolescence, Iron deficiency anaemia not only reduces work productivity but also leads to complications of pregnancy in the later years; therefore, an intervention study was conducted to improve the haemoglobin of anaemic adolescent girls in Akola City. 800 adolescent girls were selected belonging to the age group of 16-18 years from 7 talukas of Akola district. It was found that only 31.25 per cent adolescent girls were in normal haemoglobin level and 68.75 per cent adolescent girls were found anaemic, 54.54 per cent subject under mild category. Whereas 43.28 per cent were under moderate category and only 2.18 per cent subjects under severe category of anaemia. A total number of 30 moderate anaemic adolescent girls were selected for intervention study. Poustic laddus were prepared for supplementation with iron rich foods namely rice flakes, soybean flour, wheat flour, Bengal gram flour, gingelly seeds, garden cress seeds, jaggary, grated coconut and ghee. After 90 days of feeding trial haemoglobin level was determined. The data collected from the study were subjected to statistical analysis. It was concluded that iron supplementation to moderate anaemic adolescent girls brought about significant improvement in haemoglobin status and ultimately beneficial and effective to improve their nutritional status.
