Krishi Vigyan Kendra, (Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya), Ujjain - 456 010 (Madhya Pradesh)
*Corresponding author e-mail: rekhaup_2007@rediffmail.com
Online published on 28 October, 2013.
In the present study, total 15 school going girl child aging between 3–6 years were selected from the adopted cluster of villages. In the daily diet, soy flour was added in the wheat flour in the ratio of 1: 9 respectively. The experiment was conducted for one year in order to get the appropriate results. The observations taken were height, weight and BMI. It was observed that height was positively and significantly co-related with the consumption of soy flour (0.67**). Similarly, BMI was also positively increased in the experiment group over the control group i.e. 0.199 and 0.076, respectively.
Malnutrition, fortified soy flour, height and weight, BMI
