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Effect of Home-Made Formula on Growth Performance of Malnourished Pre-School Children (24-36 Months of Age) in Yobe State Nigeria

A. M. Zangina, O. O. Adekoyeni, E. O. Fadipe

European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · pp. 100–107 · Published 22 Aug 2023

10.9734/ejnfs/2023/v15i81330

Abstract

Aim: The insurgency in the north-east zone of Nigeria has aggravated rate of malnourished children and many are roaming the streets unattended. This study determined the effect of home-made formula on growth performance of malnourished pre-school children in Yobe State, Nigeria. Study Design: A factorial experiment. Place and Duration of Study: Yobe state, Nigeria, 6 weeks. Methodology: Three local Government Areas (LGA) of Yobe state, Nigeria (Bade, Bursari and Potiskum) used. A formulated home-made formula (HMF) was compared with therapeutic milk powders (TMPs). Twenty malnourished pre-school children were purposefully selected in each LGA and were grouped into two. Each group was randomly allotted to a dietary treatment, a child stood as replicate. At commencement children with complications were treated in the hospital. They were fed at 16.88 ml/kg body weight at 3 hours interval daily throughout a 6th week study using plastic cups. Parameters studied included weight, height, mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) and W/HZ-score. A SPSS statistical package was used to analyze the results. Results: All the parameters were (p>0.05) affected with dietary treatments among districts. However, children fed HMF had higher final MUAC (127.50±2.04mm), higher height gain (3.45±0.18cm) and higher MUAC gain (13.76±0.22mm) among districts while those fed TMPs had higher final weight (10.74±0.25kg), higher final height (83.77±0.16cm) and higher weight gain (2.11±0.01kg). Based on average, the children fed HMF had higher final MUAC (127.50±2.04mm), height gain (3.45±0.18cm) and MUAC gain (13.76±0.22mm) while their counterparts fed TMPs had higher final weight (10.74±0.25kg), final height (83.77±0.83) and weight gain (2.11± 0.01kg). The children fed TMPs had slightly higher daily weight gain (50.23g) than those fed HMF (48.81g); and all the children were discharged with -2<z-score.  Conclusion: It can be concluded that HMF was effective in managing malnutrition in pre-school children. Therefore, it is recommended as alternative therapeutic food.

Malnutrition milk powders performance preschool children therapeutic formula child nutrition child growth

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