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Abstract: Under five age group are vulnerable and special risk group constituting a major portion of total population with high death rate. Adequate nutrition is vital for growth and development of children. Methodology: The research approach adopted for this study was quantitative approach. An experimental pre test - post test design was adopted for conducting the study. Samples were underfive children between 2-5 years of age group residing at selected villages at Nellore. Data collection for a period of 6 weeks. The sample size of the study was 60 children with pica; subjects were selected by using Probability – simple random sampling technique by means of lottery method. The tool used for the data collection was interview based questionnaire and observational checklist to assess physical examination. Results: With regard to effectiveness of intervention on pica behavior In experimental group during post test 7(23%) had occasional pica and 23(76.7%) did not have pica. Where as in control group 11(36.7%) had occasional pica and 19(63.3%) had frequent pica. In experimental group, the post test, mean score on pica behaviour was 0.23 with SD of 0.035, where as in control group the mean was 1.63 with SD of 0.13. The calculated independent‘t’ test value was 15.35which exceeds the table value of 2 (p=
Key words: Roasted bengal gram dhal and jaggery, pica and underfive children
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