None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Optimized nutrient dense complementary food mixes: Complementary food mixes will be optimized from locally available food stuffs to maximize nutrient content and acceptable sensory scor
Sponsors
Indian Council of Medical Research
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All children in the age group of 12-30 months identified as beneficiaries of SNP-ICDS and their mothers/caregivers. ï?· Consuming solid foods for at-least the past 30 days. Consuming the existing THR products for at least the past 30 days. Apparently healthy, not presently suffering from acute illness. (fever, ARI etc..,). No known allergy to milk products, wheat products, nuts etc. Moderate underweight, stunting and wasting to normal grade children.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Children who are not the beneficiaries of ICDS are excluded. Children who do not consume the existing THR the past 30 days. Who are suffering from acute/chronic illness Who have known allergy to milk products, wheat products, nuts etc. The members of sensory panel should not be below 20 years and more than 39 years For adults, all who do not satisfy the inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Feasible nutrient dense semi-perishable food formulations with a higher protein quality, prepared from diverse local foods that are well accepted will be developed for complementary feeding. Timepoint: 0-7 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Effects of selected food processing treatments on retention & bioavailability of selected nutrientsTimepoint: from 6 month-14 month;Final Data Management and reportingTimepoint: from 19th month to 24th month;To assess the acceptability of the recipes prepared using the optimized formulations in 12â??30-month-old ICDS child beneficiaries compared to BalamruthamTimepoint: from 13th month - 19th month;To estimate the shelf life of the formulated food mixes compared to the existing BalamruthamTimepoint: from 14th month to 19th month;To test the sensory properties of the child friendly traditional recipes prepared from the food mixes, in an untrained mothersâ?? panel compared to BalamruthamTimepoint: from 13th month to 18th month | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Madhari Srisailam Radhika
ICMR- National Institute of Nutrition
Outcome results
None listed