I am conducting this research to find out if a peanut based food that is ready to use would improve the nutritional and health outcomes of the elderly when they consume it daily for 12 weeks. Eligible participants will be assigned randomly to any of these 2 groups. 1. To consume the food once a day in between meals in addition to their usual food for 12 weeks (3 months) or 2. A control group that will not be given the food. Measurements such as weight, blood pressure and the hand grip strength will be taken at the certain points of the study. A sterile needle will be used to draw about 5 ml of venous blood (from the arm) at the beginning of the study and after 12 weeks. Analyses would be carried out on the blood to know if the food has made an impact on serum albumin, ferritin, haemoglobin and cholesterol. If the findings of the study are favourable, it would provide insights for a larger randomized controlled trial that could establish the efficacy of a locally produced peanut based food for the feeding of the elderly.
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Concentration of serum albumin in g/dL; a change in the concentration of serum albumin from baseline to 12 weeks
Timeframe: Measurement will be taken at baseline (before commencement of intervention) and after 12 weeks of intervention
Body weight measured in kilograms to determine the change in weight at 3 different points of measurements within the 12 weeks of commencement of intervention
Timeframe: At baseline, midline (6 weeks) and endline (12 weeks)