Effect of feeding calcium enriched common salt on growth, nutritional status and calcium balance in school children.

Doraiswamy, T. R. and Rama Rao, G. and Desikachar, H. S. R. and Swaminathan, M. and Subrahmanyan, V. (1961) Effect of feeding calcium enriched common salt on growth, nutritional status and calcium balance in school children. Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 20C. pp. 103-104.

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Abstract

The effect of feeding common salt enriched with calcium sulphate along with rice dIet to school children for a period of 5 months has been investigated. It has been observed that the children fed with enriched salt put on more weight and height, and exhibit a slight improvement in their nutritional status as compared with children receiving ordinary salt. Calcium balance studies carried out by feeding 20 g. of the enriched salt, contributing 350 mg. of calcium per day to the diet of the children, have shown that enriched salt induced an average dally retention of nearly 130 mg. calcium per day in excess of that retained by the control group of children.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	common salt, calcium sulphate, rice diet, school children, nutritional status
Subjects:	600 Technology > 01 Medical sciences > 03 Child nutrition 600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 16 Nutritive value
Divisions:	Dept. of Biochemistry Flour Milling Bakery and Confectionary Technology
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	27 Jul 2016 10:08
Last Modified:	27 Jul 2016 10:08
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/3892

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