Effectiveness of Nutritious Laddu on Hemoglobin Level and Body Weight of Preschool Children, among Selected Anganwadi Center

Abstract

Aim: This study aims to assess the effectiveness of nutritious laddu on hemoglobin level and body weight of preschooler children among Anganwadi center and to differentiate in pre-test and post-test hemoglobin level and body weight of preschooler children between the experimental group and control group.

Methodology: A true experimental pretest-posttest control group research approach was adapted as research design. Sixty samples were selected using simple random sampling technique which were assigned into two groups, that is, experimental group n = 30 and control group n = 30. Research tool was prepared by expert validation to collect the data. Descriptive and inferential statistics used to analyze the data according to objectives.

Results: The finding of the study shows that nutritious laddu was effective in improving hemoglobin level and body weight of preschooler children, that is, improved mean value from pre-test assessment of hemoglobin level (10.80) and body weight (14.11) in the experimental group and in the control group hemoglobin level (11.03) and body weight (14.27) after 30 days post-test finding of hemoglobin level (12.09) with “t” value (11.66) and body weight (15.48) with “t” value (9.6) in the experimental group and in the control group hemoglobin level (10.79) with “t” value (–3.87) and body weight (14.17) with “t” value (–0.85) which shows statistically significant at the level of 0.05 (P > 0.05).

Conclusion: The study finding concluded that nutritious laddu is effective food which can help in improving hemoglobin level and body weight of preschool children and this indirectly helps to reduce the chance of anemia and malnutrition among preschool children.