The double burden of malnutrition among women of reproductive age and preschool children in low-and middle-income countries: a scoping review and thematic …

JM Were, S Stranges, P Wilk, S Ali, I Sharma… - Nutrition, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of this review was to map the literature on the double burden of malnutrition (DBM)
among women of reproductive age (WRA) and preschool children in low-and middle-income …

Associated factors and socio-economic inequality in the prevalence of thinness and stunting among adolescent boys and girls in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India

P Kumar, S Srivastava, S Chauhan, R Patel… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Despite economic growth observed in developing countries, under-nutrition still
continues to be a major health problem. Undernutrition in adolescence can disrupt normal …

Prevalence and associated factors of stunting and thinness among adolescent Sudanese schoolchildren: A cross-sectional study

JA Bilal, AA Osman, A Al-Nafeesah… - Transactions of The …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Malnutrition among adolescents is a considerable health problem worldwide.
There are scarce data on undernutrition among adolescents in Sudan. Methods A cross …

[HTML][HTML] Co-occurrence of Overweight, Stunting, and Anemia among Adolescents (10–19 Years) in Tanzania Mainland: A School-Based Cross-Sectional Study

G Mchau, E Killel, K Azizi, S Henry, S Ainan… - Current Developments …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Evidence on double and triple burdens of malnutrition among adolescents is an
essential key to informing policy design, implementation, and tracking progress of …

Determinants of stunting among adolescent girls in schools of Digo Tsion Town, Northwest Ethiopia: Unmatched case control study

AA Emrie, G Tesfa, Y Ayalew, AB Kebie, TF Terefe… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Stunting is a height-for-age (Z-score) less than minus two standard deviations
below the mean of reference standard. It is the most important sign of long-term chronic …

Food security and hygiene practice among adolescent girls in Maiduguri metropolitan council, Borno state, Nigeria

R Charles Shapu, S Ismail, N Ahmad, PY Lim… - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
Inadequate food security contributes to poor health outcome for all, including adolescent
girls. The study aims at determining the level of food security and hygiene among …

Nutritional Status of Adolescents in Eastern Sudan: A Cross-Sectional Community-Based Study

MAA Ahmed, A Al-Nafeesah, J Alfaifi, A AlEed, I Adam - Nutrients, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: Malnutrition among adolescents is a major public health issue. This problem is
particularly pressing in Sudan, an African country where there is scarce published data on …

Rural-urban disparities in the nutritional status of younger adolescents in Tanzania

LS Cordeiro, NP Otis, L Sibeko, J Nelson-Peterman - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Research on geographic differences in health focuses largely on children less than five
years; little is known about adolescents—and even less regarding younger adolescents—a …

Growth with Disparity in a Rich Diverse City: Case of the Economic Capital Dar es Salaam

LD Kaale, T Kato, K Sakamoto - … , Indigenous Foods, and Wild Foods: In …, 2023 - Springer
The population and economy are growing faster in urban areas than in rural areas across
the world. Dar es Salaam, the ninth fastest-expanding urban center worldwide, is one of the …

[PDF][PDF] Prevalence and risk factors of underweight for adolescent in Indonesia: A cross-sectional from Global School-based Student Health Survey 2015

D Suryani, VE Edwin, S Suyitno… - Public Health of …, 2020 - researchgate.net
Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and risk factors of
underweight among adolescents in Indonesia in 2015. Methods: Cross-sectional data were …