Effects of complementary food formulated from millet, soybean, and grasshopper on hematological parameters of malnourished weanling albino rats

Mobolaji Timothy Olagunju; Olunike Rebecca Abodunrin; Elizabeth Oluwafolakemi  Aleru; Ifeoluwa Eunice Adewole; Folahanmi Tomiwa Akinsolu

doi:10.51745/najfnr.7.15.108-116

Human and Clinical Nutrition Infant, Child, and Adolescent Nutrition

Mobolaji Timothy Olagunju ⁽¹⁾ , Olunike Rebecca Abodunrin ⁽²⁾ , Elizabeth Oluwafolakemi Aleru ⁽³⁾ , Ifeoluwa Eunice Adewole ⁽⁴⁾ , Folahanmi Tomiwa Akinsolu ⁽⁵⁾

(1) Nanjing Medical University, Nutrition Epidemiology Department, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province, , China

(2) Lagos State Health Management Agency. Planning and Research Department. Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State. , Nigeria

(3) Lead City University. Human Nutrition and Dietetics Department. P.O Box 30678, Secretariat Ibadan, Oyo State. , Nigeria

(4) Department of Public Health, Faculty of Basic Medical and Health Sciences, Lead City University, Ibadan 212102. , Nigeria

(5) Nigerian Institute of Medical Researches. Clinical Science Department. Yaba, Lagos State. , Nigeria

https://doi.org/10.51745/najfnr.7.15.108-116

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Vol. 7 No. 15 (2023): January - June, 2023

Submitted
April 5, 2023

Published
June 24, 2023

Keywords:

Malnutrition, Severe and moderate malnourished children

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Abstract

Background: Malnutrition in under-five children remains an issue of public health, especially in low and middle-income countries, and is associated with inadequate child development and poor survival. Recent public health intervention strategies for malnourished children allow for localized targeted supplementation with locally available materials to replace the imported Ready-to-Use-Supplementary-Food (RUSF) for the target group. Aims: The aim of the study was to develop a local supplementary food and determine its effects on hematological parameters of weanling rats. Material and Methods: The experimental study involved thirty weanling albino rats, grouped into groups A, B, and C, each consisting of ten rats. All the groups were acclimatized for fourteen days, thereafter, groups A and B were induced with moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) by feeding with only corn starch for fourteen days. Weight, tail length, and hematological parameters (hemoglobin level, white blood cell count) of all the weanling albino rats were determined and recorded as baseline values on the fourteenth day. Therapeutic food made from millet, soybean, and grasshopper blends was produced and fed to group A as the intervention, Group B was fed with corn starch only and group C was fed on normal rat pellets for twenty-eight days. Weight, tail length, and hematological parameters were determined and recorded at the end of the intervention. Results: Experimental group A had the lowest packed cell volume (PCV) value with a difference of 2.20 ± 0.56 %, the lowest hemoglobin (Hb) level with a difference of 0.58 ± 0.02 g/dL, the control group had the highest PCV, Hb, and RBC with values of 4.10 ± 0.5 %, 1.58 ± 0.21 g/dL, and 0.9 ± 0.05 x 106 µ/L respectively. Conclusions: With the evidence provided by the parameters assessed in the study, it can be concluded that the developed therapeutic food is efficacious in the treatment of malnutrition especially in weanling albino rats.

Keywords: Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM), Ready-to-Use-Supplementary-Food (RUSF) Malnutrition, Complementary feeding, Animal studies.

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Mobolaji Timothy Olagunju

Nanjing Medical University, Nutrition Epidemiology Department, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province,

olagunjumobolaji@gmail.com (Primary Contact)

Olunike Rebecca Abodunrin

Lagos State Health Management Agency. Planning and Research Department. Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State.

Elizabeth Oluwafolakemi Aleru

Lead City University. Human Nutrition and Dietetics Department. P.O Box 30678, Secretariat Ibadan, Oyo State.

Ifeoluwa Eunice Adewole

Department of Public Health, Faculty of Basic Medical and Health Sciences, Lead City University, Ibadan 212102.

Folahanmi Tomiwa Akinsolu

Nigerian Institute of Medical Researches. Clinical Science Department. Yaba, Lagos State.

Olagunju, M. T., Abodunrin, O. R., Aleru, E. O. ., Adewole, I. E., & Akinsolu, F. T. (2023). Effects of complementary food formulated from millet, soybean, and grasshopper on hematological parameters of malnourished weanling albino rats. The North African Journal of Food and Nutrition Research, 7(15), 108–116. https://doi.org/10.51745/najfnr.7.15.108-116

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