Formative research helps us understand the challenges and opportunities that adolescents face, as well as barriers and enablers to behavior change. Routine monitoring is needed to assess progress toward program goals and national targets. Implementation research and evaluations are needed to identify effective approaches. The Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank includes a variety of protocols and tools for monitoring, evaluating, and researching adolescent nutrition. If you have relevant monitoring, evaluation, or research resources, please send them to info@advancingnutrition.org.
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Prevention of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents
Guideline/Guidance published by UNICEF in
More than 340 million of children age 5–19 have overweight, and growth is most rapid in low- and middle-income countries. This set of materials includes a program guidance, which guides countries in adapting programming to the changing face of malnutrition, and an advocacy strategy guidance to support UNICEF offices and partners in adapting the…
Interventions to Improve Dietary Intake Behaviors among Children and Adolescents
Journal Article published by Academic Journal in
This paper utilizes a case study approach to explore the proximate determinants of dietary intake as well as the food behaviors of caregivers, children, and adolescents. The results provide insights about facilitators and barriers to uptake of interventions aimed at improving dietary behaviors in children and adolescents and highlight their…
Prévalence et Facteurs Associés à l’Anémie Chez les Adolescentes et Adolescents Scolarisés dans la Région de l’Est au Burkina Faso (Prevalence and Factors Associated with Adolescent Anemia in the Eastern Region of Burkina Faso)
Technical Report published by HKI in
This study explores the prevalence and factors associated with anemia in adolescents in the Eastern region of Burkino Faso. The report presents a situation analysis of the issue and outlines the determinants and factors that contribute to high rates of anemia among adolescents.
Nutritional Status Among Young Adolescents Attending Primary School in Tanzania: Contributions of Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) for Adolescent Assessment
Journal Article published by BMC Public Health in
The authors investigate whether there is a correlation between mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) and body mass index (BMI). The authors explored using MUAC as a low-resource alternative (or supplement) to BMI in assessing nutrition in adolescent populations. They conclude that using MUAC has the potential to provide simple, low-resource nutrition…
Perspective: Challenges in Use of Adolescent Anthropometry for Understanding the Burden of Malnutrition
Journal Article published by Advances in Nutrition in
This study discusses national prevalence estimates on adolescent girls (ages 10 to 22) from the 2014 State of Food Security and Nutrition in Bangladesh. It emphasizes that determining the true prevalence of undernutrition, overweight, and obesity is complicated by racial/ethnic variation across populations in timing of the adolescent growth spurt…
Nutrition for Girls: Multiple Determinants for Improved Outcomes
Occasional Paper published by Save the Children in
This discussion paper was developed to promote the prioritization of nutrition for girls in the global nutrition agenda. It focuses on the importance of investing more in nutrition-sensitive interventions for girls, including preventing early marriage and early pregnancy, and empowering girls. The paper features a case study of the nutrition of…
The Interplay between Nutritional, Social and Economic Trajectories during Adolescence among Girls in Ghana
Assessment Tool published by in
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.
Dietary Patterns and the Double Burden of Malnutrition in Mexican Adolescents: Results from ENSANUT-2006
Journal Article published by MDPI in
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.
