Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research, volume 29 issue 2 (june 2010) :

ROLE OF β-CAROTENE RICH PRODUCTS IN IMPROVEMENT OF VITAMIN- A STATUS OF PRE SCHOOL CHILDREN

Parvinder Kaur, Saroj Dahiya, M.K. Rana

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¹Department of Food and Nutrition CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125004, India

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ABSTRACT

Vitamin A deficiency is widely prevalent in our country, especially among the pre-school age
children. Surveys carried out in the southern and eastern parts of the country reveal that at least
30-50% of the children in pre-school age group have night blindness manifestation of vitamin A
deficiency. Supplementation study was carried out on 45 pre-school children of 2-6 year age for
a period of 3 months. Three supplements (β-carotene rich) were selected for supplementary
feeding based on their organoleptic scores and nutritive value. Forty-five children showing
symptoms of moderate deficiency of vitamin A based on clinical assessment were selected with
the help of trained doctor. Dietary intake and anthropometric measurements were also taken as
criteria for the selection of vitamin A deficient children who were divided into three groups of 15
children each so that all groups had similar dietary intake and anthropometric measurements.
Estimation of serum retinol level of selected children was done with the help of trained doctor.
Three groups were given any one of the three selected supplements, and group-I served as control,
which was given supplement I. Children of group II and III were fed supplements II and III,
respectively. At the end of 3 months of feeding trial, the nutritional and vitamin A status of
children fed with three supplements was again assessed. Feeding trial indicated that there was a
significant reduction in clinical symptoms of various nutritional deficiencies in experimental
children after supplementation. The experimental group II and III showed significantly higher
increase in serum retinol level than the group I, which was taken as control. The β-carotene rich
supplements were found suitable for improving vitamin A status among children

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