Feeding Soyaflakes Chiwada to Malnourished Preschool Children and its Impact on Motar Development

To combat malnutrition supplementary feeding programmes are the emerging need in under nutrition for vulnerable segment in the population. Supplementary feeding must be the additional nutrients which are providing for the optional growth and desirable change in health status in particular. Hence, traditional and familiar supplementary foods must be based on the formulation of the required nutrients for the treating of malnutrition, return the child to physiological, immunological and biochemical normality. Organoleptically high score soyflakes chiwada elevaluated for its nutritional components such as moisture (4.1 per cent), ash (2.4 per cent), crude fiber (0.8 per cent), crude protein (21.4 per cent), iron (5.3 mg), calcium (74.0mg), zinc (2.7mg), � carotene (235. ug) and B complex vitamins like B 1 (0.2mg),B 2 (0.1mg)and B 3 (2.01mg) etc. Such soyaflakes chiwada was provided to selected malnourished preschool children. At the @ 50 g/ child/day to preschool malnourished children .They were selected by evaluating weight for height and body mass index. Grade II and III grade of malnutrition .The significant change in the anthropometric measurements such as weight ,arm circumference, skin fold thickness, wrist circumference, mid arm mid muscle circumference had been seen in soy flakes chiwada supplemented group.