Improving adolescent nutrition depends heavily on behaviors such as diet and eating practices, exercise, lifestyle, and use of health services. Social and behavior change (SBC) strategies must consider how unique structural and environmental factors that affect adolescents’ access to services and adoption of priority behaviors. Formative research, concept testing, and pre-testing of materials and approaches are needed to identify barriers and enablers to behavior change and to better understand how adolescents engage with family members, friends, teachers, health care providers, religious leaders, other community members, mass media, and social media. The Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank includes posters, videos, counseling cards, and other SBC materials. If you have relevant SBC resources, please send them to info@advancingnutrition.org.
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Programming Guidance: Nutrition in Middle Childhood and Adolescence
Guideline/Guidance published by UNICEF in
This program guidance provides technical and operational guidance for the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the following five programming priorities: (1) nutritious foods, in schools and beyond; (2) healthy food environments, in schools and beyond; (3) micronutrient supplementation and deworming; (4) nutrition education in…
The Triple Burden of Malnutrition Among Adolescents in Indonesia
Reference Material published by Food and Nutrition Bulletin in
This supplement emphasizes the need to prioritize investigating and addressing the triple burden of malnutrition present among adolescents in Indonesia. This includes understanding the drivers and determinants of the triple burden of malnutrition, designing evidence-based interventions that are supported by large-scale implementation research and…
Experiences from Implementation of a School-Based Nutrition Programme in Wakiso District, Central Uganda
Guideline/Guidance published by Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN) in
This article outlines a school-based nutrition program targeting adolescents in Uganda that incorporated healthcare and interventions, parent-led school feeding, and the creation of school gardens.
Study Brief: People-Driven Social and Behavior Change Design
Brief published by Save the Children in
The biref summarizes key findings from the Better Investment for Stunting Alleviation project undertaken in two districts in Indonesia. The project aimed to reduce stunting by improving the nutritional status of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women, women of reproductive age, and children under the age of two in the selected districts.…
Marketing of Unhealthy Foods and Non-Alcoholic Beverages to Children
Policy published by UNICEF in
This policy brief seeks to address the issue of obesity in children and adolescents through the enforcement of various laws and policies to minimize the marketing of unhealthy food and non-alcoholic beverages to children and adolescents. It cites examples of the impact similar laws or policies have had to serve as a guide and motivation to other…
Use of Media to Engage School-Age Children and Adolescents to Improve their Nutrition and Health
Journal Article published by Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN) in
This article summarizes the efforts of programs in Timor Leste, India, the Pacific region, and Zimbabwe that sought to engage adolescents to help them adopt healthy nutritional behaviors through traditional and non-traditional media.
Pacific Kids Food Revolution Engages Children across the Region to Promote Healthy Eating
Journal Article published by UNICEF in
The Pacific Kids Food Revolution program is a UNICEF-created children's cooking show that uses television to engage kids in creating safe and nutritious meals using locally-sourced fresh, nutritious, and indigenous foods.
I Eat Well To Stay Healthy
Guideline/Guidance published by RSD Institute in
This guide supports adolescents in making healthy dietary decisions. It outlines the major food groups and macronutrients that should comprise each meal, as well as the appropriate quantity, timing, and cooking method of meals to implement to optimize the nutrition of a meal. It concludes with examples of meals and a set of practical tips on…
