Boosting Healthy Growth: The Impact Of Nutritive Laddus On Weight Gain In Girls Aged 7 To 9
Keywords:
Nutritive Laddu, Weight Gain, girlsAbstract
Background: Children are vital to society because they represent its future—tomorrow’s leaders, workers, and caregivers. Their growth and development shape the progress of communities, and investing in their education, health, and well-being ensures a stronger, more prosperous future. Healthy, educated children grow into responsible, innovative adults who contribute to economic growth, cultural richness, and social stability. Our objective was to assess the nutritional status in terms of weight of girls in a selected community Maharashtra. To assess the effectiveness of nutritive laddu on nutritional status in terms of weight of girls. To find out the association between pretest scores and socio demographic variables of female children. Materials and Methods: It is a pre experimental study. The sample size was 50, with purposive sampling, and the data were collected using body mass index from Girls Aged 7 to 9 from the selected community Mahrashtra. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS software. Results: The mean score before nutritive laddu administration 11.7 ± 0.92, after that in post score was 11.9 ± 0.93. There was a significant association was found between the pre-test scores of girls and socio-demographic factors such as age and type of diet. Conclusion: We can conclude regular intake of nutritive laddu as a supplement with regular food is an effective strategy for the improvement of weight gain in girls aged 7 to 9, the study found that intervention must be given for a minimum of three months for drastic improvement in nutritional status of girls
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