tailieunhanh - Development of therapeutic food for adolescent girls

Adolescents constitute over % of the population in India. This age group needs special attention as is a period of rapid transition from childhood to adulthood that normally is characterized by important psychological and social changes in the age group of 10 -19 years. The adolescents number is expected to reach billion by the year 2025. It is during the period of adolescence that nutrient needs are the greatest. Hence, the specific objectives of our study are to identify the key nutritional problems that affect adolescents and to develop a therapeutic food fulfilling their requirements. The present study was undertaken for the preparation and evaluation of a therapeutic food for Adolescent girls formulated with Bengal gram, Soya bean, Barley, Green gram, wheat and Ragi. Experiments were carried out in the Quality control lab, Andhra Pradesh Foods Pvt. Ltd. to study their chemical composition and overall acceptability. All the formulations were prepared according to the RDA requirements for adolescent girls. The therapeutic food formulated with Soya bean, Ragi and Green gram of 16g, 18g, and 30g respectively has attained the high levels of nutritional properties values but lower organoleptic properties. The formulation with composition of 17g of soya bean, 18g of barley and 30g of green gram has attained good nutritional values and highest acceptability in terms of hedonic rating. This formulated sample is highly preferable to adolescent girls suffering from anemia, stomach pain and nerves weakness patients as the food contains high amount of iron and the soya bean acts as the nutritional supplement to the growing adolescents. | EXCELLENT PUBLISHERS International Journal of Current Microbiology andAppliedSciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 06 2019 Journal homepage http Original Research Article https Development of Therapeutic Food for Adolescent Girls . Sai Vinay1 G. Rajender2 Ch. Wagdevi3 G. Sandya Rani4 and . Revathi4 1 Department of AgriculturalEngg. Aditya engineering College East Godavari . India Departmem of Processing Food Engg. College of Agricultural Engineering Sangareddy PJTSAU TS India 3Department of Agricultural Engineering Siddartha Engineering College Tirupathi AP India 4College of Agricultural Engineering Madakasira Anantapur ANGRAU India Corresponding author ABSTRACT Keywords Therapeutic food RDA Required Dietary Allowances Adolescents Soya bean High protein etc. Article Info Accepted 12 May 2019 Available Online 10 June 2019 Adolescents constitute over of the population in India. This age group needs special attention as is a period of rapid transition from childhood to adulthood that normally is characterized by important psychological and social changes in the age group of 10 -19 years. The adolescents number is expected to reach billion by the year 2025. It is during the period of adolescence that nutrient needs are the greatest. Hence the specific objectives of our study are to identify the key nutritional problems that affect adolescents and to develop a therapeutic food fulfilling their requirements. The present study was undertaken for the preparation and evaluation of a therapeutic food for Adolescent girls formulated with Bengal gram Soya bean Barley Green gram wheat and Ragi. Experiments were carried out in the Quality control lab Andhra Pradesh Foods Pvt. Ltd. to study their chemical composition and overall acceptability. All the formulations were prepared according to the RDA requirements for adolescent girls. The therapeutic food formulated with Soya bean Ragi and Green gram of 16g