Abstract
Low hemoglobin levels are the hallmark of anemia, a medical condition that calls for a successful treatment strategy. The purpose of this study was to examine changes in hemoglobin levels following the administration of Fe pills, banana ambon, and moringa leaves in comparison to the control group. There were 50 participants in the study, split up into five groups of ten. After measuring hemoglobin levels before and after the intervention, a paired t-test was used to examine changes in hemoglobin levels (ΔHb). Because the variance between groups was not uniform, the Games-Howell test was used after Welch ANOVA to assess the difference in ΔHb across groups. The Fe Tablet group's hemoglobin levels increased by 0.64 g/dL (p < 0.001), moringa leaves by 1.19 g/dL (p < 0.001), bananas by 0.77 g/dL (p < 0.001), and the negative control by 0.17 g/dL (p < 0.001). The positive control group experienced a non-significant drop of 0.08 g/dL (p = 0.247). ΔHb varied significantly between groups, according to Welch ANOVA (Welch F = 30.656; p < 0.001). The moringa leaf group's increase in ΔHb was significantly greater than that of Fe tablets (p = 0.013), bananas (p = 0.046), negative control (p < 0.001), and positive control (p < 0.001), according to the Games-Howell test. Moringa leaves have the potential to be a local food-based intervention that supports the increase in hemoglobin levels since they demonstrated the largest increase in hemoglobin levels and were statistically greater than the comparison group.