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Cada Um Conta: Como Partilhar os Alimentos Para Que Cada um Tenha o Suficiente
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Adolescent Nutrition
This is Portuguese-language 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.
The Puzzle: How to Keep Clean and Why It Is Important
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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 why good hygiene practices are important for health.
In‐Depth Assessment of Snacking Behaviour in Unmarried Adolescent Girls 16–19 Years of Age Living in Urban Centres of Java, Indonesia
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Adolescent Nutrition
This study involved qualitative research in five urban sites in Java, Indonesia to examine individual, social, environmental, and macrosystem factors that affect snacking among unmarried girls ages 16 to 19. The study's findings emphasize the importance of behavioral change strategies to modify the eating and activity patterns of adolescent girls to curb the trajectory of overweight.
Leaving No One Behind: Making the Case for Adolescent Girls
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Adolescent Nutrition
This report summarizes the 2018 international conference “Leaving No One Behind: Making the Case for Adolescent Girls.” The report presents the main messages that emerged during the event and provides an overview of the highlights of the panel presentations and discussions.
The Rainbow Garden: Growing Colourful Food to Keep You Healthy
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Adolescent NutritionMicronutrient Interventions
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 how to grow food to keep themselves and their families healthy.
A Horta Arco-Íris: Crescer Alimentos Coloridos para Crescer Saudáveis
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Adolescent NutritionMicronutrient Interventions
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 how to grow food to keep themselves and their families healthy.
How to Be Good at Football: Why Small Things Are Important: A Story about Micronutrients
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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
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 nutrition, in particular micronutrients, in being healthy and strong.
Como Ser Bom Jogador de Futebol: Por Que Coisas Pequenas São Importantes: Uma História sobre Micronutrientes
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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
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 about the importance of nutrition, in particular micronutrients, in being healthy and strong.
DCP Chapter 3: Global Nutrition Outcomes at Ages 5 to 19
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Adolescent NutritionAnemia
This book chapter describes the dietary intake and the consequences of malnutrition for children ages 5 to 19, as well as global actions to address these issues.
Global Patterns of Adolescent Fruit, Vegetable, Carbonated Soft Drink, and Fast-Food Consumption: A Meta-Analysis of Global School-Based Student Health Surveys
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Adolescent Nutrition
This study generated evidence on adolescent diets globally and explored patterns and trends by subpopulation, using data from the Global School-based Student Health Surveys in Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Latin America.
Using a Gender Lens to Understand Eating Behaviours of Adolescent Females Living in Low‐Income Households in Bangladesh
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Adolescent NutritionReproductive Health
This study conducted qualitative research on the individual, social, environmental, and structural factors that influence the eating behaviors of female adolescents in low‐income families in urban and rural settings in Bangladesh.
Suaahara II Annual Survey: Adolescent Panel Year 2
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Adolescent NutritionAnemiaMaternal NutritionWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
This document is the data collection tool used in Year 2 of the Suaahara project, which focused on expanding health and nutrition services for adolescents in Nepal.
Suaahara II Annual Survey: Adolescent Panel Year 3
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Adolescent NutritionAnemiaMicronutrient InterventionsMaternal NutritionWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
This document is the data collection tool used in Year 3 of the Suaahara project, which focused on expanding health and nutrition services for adolescents in Nepal.
This is a special issue of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences on Women's and Adolescent Nutrition. It contains articles on such issues as global and regional trends in the nutritional status of young people, a systematic review of evidence-based adolescent nutrition interventions, and a review of nutrition guidelines for adolescents in LMICs.
Special Issue: Adolescent Women's Nutrition Status
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Adolescent NutritionMicronutrient Interventions
This is a special issue of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences on Adolescent Women's Nutritional Status. It contains articles on such issues as dietary and nondietary determinants of nutritional status among adolescent girls and adult women in India, and understanding the determinants of adolescent nutrition in Bangladesh.
Strengthening Nutrition Action: A Resource Guide for Countries Based on the Policy Recommendations of the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2)
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Adolescent Nutrition
This resource guide is intended for policy advisors supporting decision makers and development partners involved in multisectoral food and nutrition-related policy-making processes.
Impacts of School-Based Nutrition Promotion and Micronutrient Supplementation: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Somalia
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Adolescent Nutrition
This study assessed the effects of a school nutrition pilot in the Baidoa district in Somalia with a view to scale-up a multi-component school nutrition program. The interventions included the formation of nutrition clubs to disseminate nutrition information to students and weekly IFAS for adolescent girls.
Key Results from the Baseline and Adolescent Formative Research LAN Mozambique
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Adolescent Nutrition
This PowerPoint presentation presents results from the baseline and formative research of the Linking Agribusiness and Nutrition (LAN) Mozambique project. The adolescent formative research findings on adolescents include dietary practices and food preferences, choices about food and influencers, nutrition knowledge, and gender norms that impact adolescent nutrition.
Formative Research on Adolescent Nutrition, LAN Mozambique
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Adolescent Nutrition
This report focuses on a nutrition and agriculture project focusing on high levels of anemia and iron, zinc, Vitamin A, and iodine deficiency among adolescents in two provinces in Mozambique. This formative research was conducted to better understand adolescents’ nutrition knowledge and food preferences.
Formative Research on Adolescent Health and Nutrition in Udaypur District of Nepal: Report
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Adolescent NutritionAnemia
This formative research was designed to learn about the experiences and preferences of girls ages 10 to 19 in Nepal, specifically with regard to their information needs, preferences for program format and content, barriers and enablers to their participation in health programs, and health care seeking behaviors.