Title

Effect of cumin water in enhancing hunger levels among school-aged children

Authors

N. Sivasubramanian¹, Mansuri Ayshabanu Iqbalmahammad², K. Priscilla³, S. Vijayabanu⁴, N. Vijayalakshmi⁵, B. Mahalakshmi^6,*, Amudha Kathiresan⁷ & K. Ponmari⁸

Affiliation

¹Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Nootan College of Nursing, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat-384315, India; ²Department of Community Health Nursing, Nootan College of Nursing, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat - 384315, India; ³Department of Medical surgical Nursing, CSI Jeyaraj Annapackiam college of Nursing, Madurai, The Tamilnadu DR. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai, India; ⁴Department of Medical surgical Nursing, Cherraan’s college of Nursing, Coimbatore, The Tamilnadu DR. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai, India; ⁵Department of Paediatric Nursing, Kumaran College of Nursing, Coimbatore, The Tamilnadu DR. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai, India; ⁶Department of Paediatric Nursing, Nootan College of Nursing, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat-384315, India; ⁷Department of Community Health Nursing, Kumaran College of Nursing, Coimbatore, The Tamilnadu DR. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai, India; ⁸Department of Medical surgical Nursing, SGRRIM & HS College of Nursing, Shri Gururam Rai University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand - 248001, India; *Corresponding author

Email

N Sivasubramanian - E - mail: sn.fn@spu.ac.in
Mansuri Ayshabanu Iqbalmahammad - E - mail: Aysham239@gmail.com
B. Mahalakshmi - E - mail: mb.fn@spu.ac.in
S. Vijayabanu - E - mail: vijisidha@gmail.com
N. Vijayalakshmi - E - mail: vijivasanp@gmail.com
K. Priscilla - E - mail: asarajan2539@gmail.com
Amudha Kathiresan - E - mail: amudhamadhu2004@gmail.com
K. Ponmari - E - mail: Ponmarikannan1986@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received April 1, 2025; Revised April 30, 2025; Accepted April 30, 2025, Published April 30, 2025

Abstract

Hunger and appetite play a vital role in children’s growth and development. Reduced appetite in school-aged children can lead to malnutrition, poor academic performance and weakened immunity. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the efficacy of cumin water in enhancing hunger levels among school-aged children. Hence, a total of 120 children with reduced appetite were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received cumin water daily for four weeks, while the control group followed their usual diet. Hunger levels were assessed pre- intervention and post-intervention using a standardized hunger scale. The experimental group demonstrated a significant improvement in hunger levels compared to the control group (p < 0.05). Key factors influencing hunger included age, family type, parental occupation and deworming practices.

Keywords

Cumin water, hunger levels, school-aged children, appetite enhancement

Citation

Sivasubramanian et al. Bioinformation 21(4): 725-729 (2025)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.