Effect of intervention on the weight of malnourished preschool children
weight gain
The baseline mean weight in the intervention group changed from 11.9 ± 0.98(kg) to 13.78 ± 0.89(kg) at the end of 12 months whereas in control groups from 11.8 ± 1.03 (kg) to 12.96 ± 0.88(kg). The change in the weight of the children in the intervention group was steady across different time points, while in the control groups the changes were minimal. We could also observe at the end of 1 year (12 months) the mean weight of the intervention group was higher than that of the control group (Table Pre-test and post-test mean and standard deviation of children’s weight scores in the intervention and control groupProfile plot showing mean weight of the preschool childrenFurther the analysis of repeated measures ANOVA between the intervention and control groups showed a statistical significance F Repeated measures ANOVA on weight scores between and within the groupsTo find out the significant difference in the means across different time points, a post-hoc test using the Bonferroni correction was done. There was mean difference of weight gain across the time points in the intervention group. The increase in weight gain identified from baseline to post-test 1 is 0.180 and from baseline to post-test 12 is 1.480 which is statistically significant at 