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K. Kanjana ¹, S. Sangamithra ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Home Science, Queen Mary's College, Chennai - 600 004, IN

Abstract

"Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dine like a pauper" - True to this old adage, breakfast is the most important meal of the day as it significantly contributes to the mean daily nutrient intake. Eating breakfast is the best way to maintain a healthy body weight and get nutrients that cannot be compensated by other meals during the day. Consumption of a nutritious breakfast is associated with better physical and mental performance.

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K. Kanjana ¹, T. Ramasaranya ¹

Affiliations
1 Queen Mary's College, Chennai - 4, IN

Abstract

The first year of life particularly the first six months is the most critical period in a child's life. Breast feeding is the prerequisite for childs survival throughout the critical period of life. Seventy percent of energy requirements of a child is met by breast milk alone. But as the child grows, breast milk alone will not be able to provide adequate amount of all nutrients needed to maintain growth after 6 months.

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Usha Chandrasekhar ¹, K. Kanjana ¹

Affiliations
1 Sri Avinashilingam Home Science College for Women, Coimbatore-641011, IN

Abstract

The sunflower seed meal, an economically new entrant offers a promising new source of protein of good biological quality and high oil yielding. The protein quality of sunflower meal alone and in combination with locally available cerea's and pulses as evaluated through rat growth assay has been discussed in our earlier communication.

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Usha Chandrasekhar ¹, K. Kanjana ¹

Affiliations
1 Sri Avinashilingam Home Science College for Women, Coimbatore-641011, IN

Abstract

This investigation was the first in a series to evaluate the protein quality of sunflower meal either alone or in combination with locally available cereals and pulses, namely, maize and roasted Bengal gram dhal, with or without small amounts of skim milk powder through rat assays. The criteria used for the evaluation of protein quality of mixtures were weight gain, food and protein intake, PER, hepatic weight and hepatic nitrogen.

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