Assessment of Supplementary Nutritional Programme in Anganwadi Centre of Kolar Dristrict, Karanataka State

Poor Health nutrition may impair both the growth and intellectual development of children, Parent's expectation and their satisfaction regarding food supply, to fulfill the needs of children and lactating mothers.

The study supplementary nutrition services provided under ICDS, the study was under taken to find out parents expectation, Anganwadi workers and their satisfactory regarding the food supply to the Anganwadi center.

The study was carried out at ICDS Mulbagal project area Dec 1999 to Jan 2000.

The study was observational in nature through interview of the parents of Anganwadi going child. The beneficiaries were contacted and interviewed by trained doctors with the help of pretested and semi structured questionnaire.

14(37.83) Anganwadi workers express that there was an interruption in food supply; the reasons are lorry strike, fraud in weightage, old stock or bad smell and below average. The quality of rice supplied and if no fire wood, Anganwadi worker distribute powder to children, children will eat and get stomach pain, and parents would not send children to Anganwadi center. Very late, administrative lapse, fraud in weightage of bags and also there to check the food articles. Anganwadi workers strongly agree that the quality of food was very poor and low quality.