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Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The food and nutrition security of the population has been the matter of concern world over. Problem in attaining food and nutrition security is prominent particularly in developing world. Protein calories malnutrition is major nutritional problem of the world. To treat malnutrition among the pre-school children the formulation of locally based protein rich product is must hence attempt was made to formulate soy based food product such as soy-poha ladoo. krishi vigyan Kendra Ratlam conduct a study during 2015-16 to 2017-18 on assessment of supplementation of soy-poha Ladoo to assess the effectiveness of protein and iron supplementation for improving protein energy malnutrition (PEM) on health of pre-school children in rural area of Ratlam district of MP. This product was evaluated for its major nutrient content like carbohydrate, energy, protein and fat. The 40 malnourished pre-school children of five anganwadies were selected by conducting camp are classified as two groups. In the present study soy-poha ladoo recorded highest height (88.9 cm), weight (13.95 Kg) and BMI (15.69) indicates positive effect of supplementation of locally available protein and iron rich food source like soybean and poha.