Preparation of weaning foods by replacing plant proteins with egg protein

Abstract

World’s population increase by over 9 billion and almost ten million people are determined to be protein or energy malnourished (Alexandratos & Bruinsma, 2012). By 2050, it would be needed two times more food production as compared to recent food production worldwide to meet the demand of the times. Nutritionists and other scientists follow similar observations that animal and plant sources will play a more important role in fulfilling the increased future food and energy requirements worldwide (Alexandratos & Bruinsma, 2012; Sass et al., 2020). Sufficient nutrition requirements through infancy and early childhood are necessary for the growth of a beach child’s full human potential. It is fully noticed that the first 2 years of children’s age is a “critical window” for the development of health, optimal growth, and behavioral improvement. When a child attains 2 years of age, it is quite challenging to change the stunting that has happened earlier (Bernard et al., 2016). The instant results of inadequate nutrition throughout these developmental years include significant delays in motor and mental growth and significant morbidity and mortality. So, this early stage of nutritional deficiency is associated with impairments in mind (Bernard et al., 2016; Martorell et al., 1994). Complementary feeding starts when mother milk individually no longer adequate to satisfy the nutritional demands of infants. So, that’s why the other liquids and foods are required, accompanied by mother milk. Complementary feeding commonly starts at 6 months up to 24 months of age (United Nations Children’s Fund, 1998). More than one-third of child mortality occurs due to nutrition deficiency and from extended severity of disease (Addis et al., 2013). In Pakistan, the most common forms of malnutrition are protein-energy malnutrition (PEM), vitamin A, iodine, and Iron deficiencies as recommended by UNICEF, 2014 also responsible for about one-half of deaths among children under five years (World Health Organization, 2014).