Formula Makanan Glikemik Tinggi untuk Anak Gizi Kurang

Soetrisno, Uken S. (2001) Formula Makanan Glikemik Tinggi untuk Anak Gizi Kurang. Project Report. Center for Research and Development of Nutrition and Food, NIHRD.

Abstract

Background: The reported prevalence of undernourished children is highly increase since economic crisis. Six months food intervention based on skim milk only improved 65% of the undernourished children. Since gastrointestinal tract of such children is incapable of digesting high molecular weight of carbohydrate and protein, there is a need to develop an easily digested food formula which has high glycaemic index. Objective: to produce high glycaemic index formula using dextrinized carbohydrate and fermented skim milk that is easily digested for undernourished children. Method: Two groups of subjects, each consists of 34 and 33 undernourished children were given either high glycaemic index formula (test group) or skim milk formula (control group) for 4 months. The food formula compliance, anthropometric measurement, blood and fecal component were analyzed. Results: There were increase in body weight of test group even though not changing their nutritional status based on Z-score. The blood and fecal component data indicated that the high glycaemic formula can be digested well by the undernourished children.

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