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Health for the World's Adolescents: A Second Chance in the Second Decade (Online report only)
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Adolescent NutritionFood Security
The report brings together all WHO guidance about adolescents across the spectrum of health issues. It offers a state-of-the-art overview of four areas for action: providing health services, collecting and using data to plan and monitor interventions, developing and implementing health-promoting and health-protecting policies, and mobilizing and supporting other sectors.
Adolescent Girls' Nutritional Status and Knowledge, Beliefs, Practices, and Access to Services: An Assessment to Guide Intervention Design in Nepal
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Adolescent NutritionFood Security
This study was conducted to support the design of an evidence-based adolescent nutrition program in Nepal (Suaahara.) The study found that exposure, knowledge, and behaviors across thematic areas differed by stage of adolescence. It concluded that heterogeneity among adolescent girls should be considered when selecting interventions that have the most potential for each subpopulation.
Socio‐Cultural and Economic Determinants and Consequences of Adolescent Undernutrition and Micronutrient Deficiencies in LMICs: A Systematic Narrative Review
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Adolescent Nutrition
This article is a review of the literature on the socio-cultural and economic (SCE) determinants and consequences associated with undernutrition among adolescents in LMICs. The review underscores the importance of the range of context‐specific SCE factors that influence adolescent nutritional status.
Agro-Ecological Zone and Farm Diversity Are Factors Associated with Haemoglobin and Anaemia among Rural School-Aged Children and Adolescents in Ghana
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Adolescent NutritionAnemiaMental HealthReproductive Health
This study analyzed secondary data from an impact evaluation of the Ghana School Feeding Program to determine the severity of anemia and factors associated with anemia and hemoglobin (Hb) status among rural school-age children (SAC) ages 6 to 9 and adolescents ages 10 to 17 in Ghana. The study found that anemia is a severe public health problem among male and female SAC and adolescents.
Dietary Patterns and the Double Burden of Malnutrition in Mexican Adolescents: Results from ENSANUT-2006
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Adolescent NutritionMental HealthReproductive Health
This study aimed to describe the dietary patterns (DPs) of Mexican adolescents and examine their association with nutritional status, using data from adolescents ages 12 to 19 from the 2006 National Survey of Health and Nutrition. Four DPs were identified and studied: nontraditional and breakfast-type, Western, plant-based, and protein-rich.
Technical Consultation on Indicators of Adolescent Health: Meeting Report
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Adolescent NutritionAnemia
This document provides a summary of a 2014 WHO technical consultation to reach consensus on a core list of indicators to measure and report on adolescent health, and to explore mechanisms for validating and/or testing new indicators. Meeting participants reached consensus on 20 indicators, with seven additional indicators recommended for countries with a high burden of HIV or cannabis use.
Technical Consultation on Indicators of Adolescent Health: Global Reference List
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Adolescent NutritionMaternal Nutrition
This reference list of health indicators for adolescents age 10 to 19 was developed through a 2014 WHO technical consultation on indicators to measure and report on adolescent health, and to explore mechanisms for validating and/or testing new indicators.
Identifying Nutrition and Health-Relevant Behaviors, Beliefs, and Values of School-Going Adolescent Girls in Rural Bangladesh: Context for Interventions
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Adolescent NutritionMaternal Nutrition
This study, which focused on adolescent schoolgirls in rural Bangladesh, aimed to describe the context for effective intervention planning for a replicable model of integrating nutrition activities into social programs. The study revealed the importance of teachers and mothers as information sources, and the dietary and cultural roles of purchased snacks.
Preconceptional Nutrition Interventions for Adolescent Girls and Adult Women: Global Guidelines and Gaps in Evidence and Policy with Emphasis on Micronutrients
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Adolescent Nutrition
This article reviews preconception nutrition in women and girls globally, including the key factors that influence women's outcomes and (if they become pregnant) their child's outcomes.
Who Is the Woman in Women's Nutrition? A Narrative Review of Evidence and Actions to Support Women's Nutrition Throughout Life
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Adolescent Nutrition
This comprehensive narrative review summarizes the impact and delivery platforms of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions for adolescent girls; nonpregnant, nonlactating WRA; pregnant and lactating women; women with children under age five; and older women. The review has a special focus on nutrition interventions delivered in LMICs.
The Participation of Children in Learning and Action for Nutrition (PCAANS)
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Adolescent Nutrition
This is a poster from the Children’s Participation in Action and Learning for Nutrition (PCAANS) project in Mozambique. The poster describes PCAANS, including its key messages.
This is a Portuguese-language poster from the Children’s Participation in Action and Learning for Nutrition (PCAANS) project in Mozambique. The poster describes PCAANS, including its key messages.
Nutrition: 10 Messages for Children to Learn and Share
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Adolescent NutritionWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
This poster presents ten key PCAANS nutrition messages for children to learn and share, including information about malnutrition, good nutrition and healthy foods, growth and nutrition screening, hygiene, and food safety and preparation.
This presentation is from a workshop about the PCAANS project in Mozambique. The presentation describes the PCAANS approach, the participatory methods used with children, the process, and the results.
This Portuguese-language presentation is from a workshop about the PCAANS project in Mozambique. The presentation describes the PCAANS approach, the participatory methods used with children, the process, and the results.
The Interplay between Nutritional, Social and Economic Trajectories during Adolescence among Girls in Ghana
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Adolescent NutritionAnemia
This is an overview of a proposed study of optimizing female adolescents' nutrition to enhance health, family formation, education, and labor participation in Ghana. The proposed study would evaluate the effect of consuming multiple-micronutrient fortified biscuits compared to unfortified biscuits five days a week for 26 weeks.
O Quebra-Cabeça: Como Manter-se Limpo e Porque é Que Isso é
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Adolescent Nutrition
This is a Portuguese-language storybook from the Children’s Participation in Action and Learning for Nutrition (PCAANS) project in Mozambique. The book aims to teach children why good hygiene practices are important for health.
Everyone Counts: How to Share Your Food So Everyone Gets Enough to Eat
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Adolescent Nutrition
This is a storybook from the Children’s Participation in Action and Learning for Nutrition (PCAANS) project in Mozambique. The book aims to teach children about the importance of sharing food so that everyone gets enough to eat.