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World Nutrition 2018
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Journal of Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics
ISSN 2472-1921
W o r l d C o n g r e s s o n
Nutrition and Dietetics
T
he magnitude of vitamin A deficiency (VAD) and iron deficiency anemia
(IDA) among pregnant women in India needs systematic, region wise
planned studies in order to implement region specific solutions. Such studies
will help to understand the problem better and plan programmers for the
eradication of VAD in accordance with the global agreement on combating
VAD. This study aims to develop such data base with the objectives, of
assessing the prevalence of VAD and IDA among pregnant women in selected
areas of Tamil Nadu, the outcomes of vitamin A supplementation on maternal
and infantile nutrition during pregnancy, lactation, birth and infancy and
the feasibility of nutrition education cum supplementation as strategies to
alleviate VAD. 10,000 pregnant women were screened for symptoms of VAT
from four representative regions of Tamil Nadu. Of 600 women with clinical
and subclinical deficiency, 200 each were supplemented with dietary (E1) and
synthetic (E2) supplements of vitamin A and the rest were placebo (P) and
followed up for one year. The impact of nutrition education was assessed on
the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of 100 pregnant women. VAD was
found to be a problem of public health significance in all the four regions. Parity
was directly related to maternal body weight and inversely with serum retinol
and blood hemoglobin. Micronutrient intakes increased significantly (p<0.01,
0.05) with supplementation. Maternal and breast milk volume was higher in
E1 while retinol levels were higher in E2. Body weight and crown heel length of
infants in E1 and E2 were significantly (p<0.01, 0.05) higher than in P group.
Serum retinol and blood hemoglobin levels were higher (p<0.01, 0.05) among
infants in E1 and E2 while serum total proteins were higher (p<0.01, 0.05) in
the infants of mothers on dietary supplement (E1). KAP of mothers increased
significantly after intervention.
Biography
M. Sylvia Subapriya is Professor in the Department of Food
Science and Nutrition and Programme Coordinator, National
Service Scheme, Youth Red Cross and Red Ribbon Club,
Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore. She
has more than 59 publications at national and international
level which includes chapters in International and books at
national and international level, is on the editorial committee
of two national and one international journal. Research
areas- Vitamin A Nutrition, Oral Leukoplakia, Sports Nutrition,
Tribal Nutrition and Nanotechnology in Food Packaging;
Co-Principal Investigator for the UGC Sponsored Nation-
wide online course for post graduates in Food Science and
Nutrition, e-PG Pathshala and earlier, Principal Investigator of
UNICEF SMART Survey under CMAM Initiative among < fives;
undertaken collaborative research with Nilgiri Tribal Welfare
Association, Christian Children’s Fund, Centre for Gandhian
Studies, Agricultural Universities, UTAR, Malaysia and NFI,
India; was the Mentor, for two scholars under the Pelatonia
Student Exchange Programme, OSU. Invited Speaker/ Chair-
International Conference in Sports Nutrition, Manav Rachna
University, India; International Conference in Nutrition, Kulliyah
of Nursing, Kuantan, Malaysia; International Conference on
Bioprocess and Food Technology, Dubai, UAE. Received ICAR
Junior Fellowship for PG Programme, CSIR Award, Care and
Cover Organisation Award and Lawyer Kasinathan Award for
research. As NSS Programme Coordinator of the University
mobilised the upliftment of 26 adopted villages around
Coimbatore through 26 programme officers and 2659 NSS
volunteers. Received the Blood Donation Award from Ms.
Archana Patnaik, District Collector, Coimbatore for record blood
donation by NSS volunteers of the university; Prestigious Lead
India 2020 recognition from Dr. APJ. Abdul Kalam, Former
President of India for the NSS activity.
sylviadevaprasad@yahoo.co.inVitamin A intervention: impact on maternal and infantile nutriture
Sylvia Subapriya M and Chandrasekhar U
Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, India
Sylvia Subapriya M et al., J Clin Nutr Diet 2018 Volume: 4
DOI: 10.4172/2472-1921-C1-002