DEVELOPMENT OF FIBRE RICH SNACKS AND THEIR EFFECT ON WEIGHT REDUCTION AMONG OBESE BOYS
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2011
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Childhood obesity is an important public health rapidly increasing worldwide. Unhealthy eating
and over consumption of snacks high in fat, calories or added sugars are considered as major
contributors of childhood obesity. The present study aimed at developing fibre rich snacks and
evaluating their effect on selected obese boys. Forty obese boys in the age group of 10-12 years
were divided into 4 groups with 10 members in each group. Group I, II and III were treated as
experimental groups and group IV as control group. Three high fibre snacks were evaluated
through changes in height, weight and Body Mass Index after a period of 3 months. A
maximum increase in height was observed among Group I & II after the study period. Group II
supplemented with steamed snack 2 showed a highly significant reduction in weight
( I .6kg),Group I (0.9kg) & Group III (1.1kg) reduction in weight. The BMI of all the
experimental groups were found to decrease from 0.9 to 1.14 with a higher reduction seen
among group II. The findings revealed that consumption of high fibre snacks consisting of
varagu, horse gram and curry leaves was found to be very effective in weight reduction of
obese boys.