Evaluación nutricional y sensorial de un alimento a base de atún y soya enriquecido con vitaminas y minerals

Abstract

The objective of this research was to determine the nutritional and sensorial impact of a food with tuna and soya enriched with vitamins and minerals in pre-school children of three communities of Chiapas, Mexico. It is a study of nutritional intervention with a cohorte of six months. The nutritional state of children was determined previuos to the nurishing complement, to the half and at the end of this. The sample was conformed with the children who presented undernourishment problems; they were fed during six months. The level of acceptability of the food was determined with the children in pre-school age of the three communities. Significant evidences (p<0.05) of the high level of acceptability of the food, when comparing the obtained nutritional state at the beginning, half and at the end of the study were detected. Improvement on the health state was observed, when their severe malnutrition normalized.