Nutritional status of adolescent girls residing in rural area: A community-based cross-sectional study

Baliga, Sulakshana S.; Naik, Vijaya A.; Mallapur, M D

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“…Adolescent girls in the early stage of adolescence were 2.15 times more likely to be thin as compared to adolescent girls in the late stage of adolescence. This finding is similar with findings from Belgaum and Karnataka, India, and Tigray, Ethiopia [15, 19]. This might be due to the increased growth spurt during the early and middle adolescent stage compared to late adolescent with sudden increase of height in the early and middle adolescents than late adolescents.…”

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Prevalence of Thinness and Stunting and Associated Factors among Adolescent School Girls in Adwa Town, North Ethiopia

Gebregyorgis

Tadesse

Atenafu

2016

International Journal of Food Science

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Introduction. Despite the fact that adolescence is a window of opportunity to break the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition, adolescents are the neglected age groups. Hence information regarding the nutritional status of adolescents is lacking making creating and implementing intervention programs difficult. Objective. To assess the prevalence of thinness, stunting, and associated factors among adolescent school girls in Adwa town, Northern Ethiopia. Methods. Data on 814 adolescent female students were collected from March to April 2015 using interviewer administered pretested semistructured questionnaire and anthropometric measurements. Data were entered using EPI INFO version 3.5.3 and analyzed using SPSS version 20 and WHO Anthroplus software. Results. The prevalence of thinness and stunting was 21.4% and 12.2%, respectively. Age of adolescent [AOR = 2.15 (1.14,4.03)], mother's educational status [AOR = 2.34 (1.14,4.80)], eating less than 3 meals per day [AOR = 1.66 (1.12,2.46)], having family size >5 [AOR = 2.53 (1.66,3.86)] were significantly associated with thinness among the adolescent girls. Family size >5 [AOR = 2.05 (1.31,3.23)] and unimproved source of drinking water [AOR = 3.82 (2.20,6.62)] were significantly associated with stunting. Conclusion and Recommendation. Thinness and stunting are prevalent problems in the study area. Strategies to improve the nutritional status of girls should be given much attention.

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Prevalence of Thinness and Stunting and Associated Factors among Adolescent School Girls in Adwa Town, North Ethiopia

Gebregyorgis

Tadesse

Atenafu

2016

International Journal of Food Science

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“…9 In a study done in a rural area of Kolar, the prevalence of anemia was 34.8%. 10 In a study done in a rural area of Belgaum, Karnataka, prevalence of anaemia was 75%. 10 The findings of these studies were in contrast to the present study which could be due to different study period and different study setting.…”

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Prevalence of anaemia and its associated factors among adolescent girls: a community based study

Gayakwad

Shankar

2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Anemia is a major nutritional problem in adolescent girls in many developing countries. Anaemia prior to pregnancy is likely to affect fetal health and survival and therefore it is necessary to evaluate the nutritional needs in this vulnerable group. To know the prevalence of anaemia and its associated factors among adolescent girls residing in the urban field practice area of S. Nijalingappa Medical College, Bagalkot.Methods: A community based cross sectional study. A field practice areas of the urban health training centers, Department of Community Medicine, S. Nijalingappa Medical College in Bagalkot. 400 unmarried adolescent girls were participants. Systematic random sampling. Data was tabulated in Microsoft Excel 2010 and analyzed by using Open Epi software. Data was collected through predesigned, semi-structured questionnaire through house to house visits. Haemoglobin estimation was done by Sahli’s method and anaemia was classified based on WHO criteria.Results: The prevalence of anaemia was 63.3%. Factors associated with anemia were age, mother’s literacy, SES, type of family, environmental sanitation and tea consumption.Conclusions: Prevalence of anaemia is high and is a major public health problem in this area. Health education and periodical haemoglobin estimation followed by supplementation of iron would help in reduction and prevention of anaemia.

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“…Almost similar finding was observed by Tripathi et al, Baliga et al and Guduri et al with 71.7%, 73.5% and 78% of Hindu adolescent girls respectively. [10][11][12] However Tripathi et al reported a higher proportion (53.2%) of general class. 10 The reason for predominance of other backward class school girls in my study may be because of the scholarship being offered to this group.…”

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A study on diet and nutritional status among adolescent girls in Lucknow district, India

Sinha

Singh

2016

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Nutritional status of adolescent girls residing in rural area: A community-based cross-sectional study

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Prevalence of Thinness and Stunting and Associated Factors among Adolescent School Girls in Adwa Town, North Ethiopia

Prevalence of Thinness and Stunting and Associated Factors among Adolescent School Girls in Adwa Town, North Ethiopia

Prevalence of anaemia and its associated factors among adolescent girls: a community based study

A study on diet and nutritional status among adolescent girls in Lucknow district, India

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