The young people in the age group of 10-24 yr in India constitutes one of the precious
resources of India characterized by growth and development and is a phase of vulnerability …

Background As adolescence is a transition period from childhood to adulthood malnutrition
occurring at this age resonates through generations. Although there were many individual …

Dietary diversity is associated with household or individual food availability and intake of
nutrients from different food groups and is an important component of nutritional outcome …

Background Adolescence is last chance for curbing the consequences of malnutrition and
breaking the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition and poor health. This study aimed to …

Introduction: Nutritional status during adolescence plays an important role in the human
lifecycle that influences growth and development and during this period nutrient needs are …

Background & objectives: Overweight and obesity are important determinants of health
leading to adverse metabolic changes and increase the risk of non communicable diseases …

Background: Changes in the nutritional intake combined with increasingly sedentary life
styles and increasing urbanization has led to the emergence of chronic disease as a major …

Background Despite economic growth observed in developing countries, under-nutrition still
continues to be a major health problem. Undernutrition in adolescence can disrupt normal …

The prevalence of stunting (low height-for-age) is a key indicator of long-term chronic
undernutrition which reflects an anthropometric failure to reach linear growth potentials due …

Background: Childhood obesity is increasingly being observed with changing lifestyles of
families. The magnitude of overweight ranges from 9% to 27.5% and obesity ranges from …