Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Zoology
  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 29a
  • Issue: 2

Effect of natural food supplementation capsules on niddm patients with obesity, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh

  • Author:
  • V. Chinnari Harika1, P. Padmavathi2, KRS. Sambasiva Rao3
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 145 to 150

1Dept of Foods and Nutritional Sciences, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar – 522 510 (A.P.), India

2Dept of Zoology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar – 522 510 (A.P.), India

3Dept of Bio -Technology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar – 522 510 (A.P.), India

Online published on 22 February, 2013.

Abstract

The present study was aimed to find out the effect of natural food supplementation capsules on NIDDM(Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus) patients with obesity. Different age groups were selected from 35 – 75 yrs, Group I (35 – 44 yrs), Group II (45 – 54 yrs), Group III (55+ yrs) and Control Group. Each group consists of 30 Members, total (N = 120) subjects were taken. Natural food supplementation capsules were given for 6 months. The experiment carried out in 2 hospitals. After supplementation, there was a significant change in fasting blood glucose levels and weight reduction was observed.

Keywords

NIDDM patients with Obesity, Anthropometry, Biochemical aspects