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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Fooya! Fit. Food. Fun. Mobile Gaming App
eLearning published by FriendsLearn in
This resource contains 1) an academic article reporting the effectiveness of the Fooya! app for increasing healthy food choices in a study of 10-11 year old children in Chennai, India; 2) a brief communication describing the results of the study; and 3) a link to download the Fooya! game app. Fooya! uses implicit learning strategies to encourage…
‘I should be disease free, healthy and be happy in whatever I do’: a cross-country analysis of drivers of adolescent diet and physical activity in different low- and middle-income contexts
Journal Article published by Academic Journal in
This article analyzed qualitative data from 5 countries (8 sites), in which focus groups were conducted with adolescents and caregivers. Major themes included: (1) transitions in generational nutrition education and knowledge; (2) transition in caregiver–adolescent power balance and (3) the implications of societal and economic transition for diet…
Lafaek for Adolescent Nutrition
Journal Article published by WFP in
This special edition of the Lafaek Magazine targets adolescents—to increase their knowledge about nutrition and promote key nutrition practices under their control. Key practices include eating breakfast, choosing healthy snacks, and choosing water as a healthy drink.
Controls on the Marketing of Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages to Children in Thailand: Legislative Options and Regulatory Design
Technical Report published by UNICEF in
UNICEF developed a background evidence report for the Government of Thailand to support the introduction of stronger controls on the marketing of food and non-alcoholic beverages to children.
How to Coach Adolescents on Nutrition Decisions
Information, Education and Communication Materials published by National Academy of Sports Medicine in
This blog post provides a guideline for youth exercise professionals to use to coach adolescents on their nutrition and dietary choices. It highlights the importance of proper coaching on nutrition, adolescents' need to consume foods rich in calcium, vitamin D, and iron, and provides examples of nutritious meals.
Conceptual Framework for Food Systems for Children and Adolescents
Journal Article published by Academic Journal in
The article describes the Innocenti Framework, its purpose, and how it conceptualizes the dynamic linkages between the elements of food systems to highlight the importance of continuously shaping food systems to deliver nutritious, safe, affordable, and sustainable diets to children and adolescents.
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…
Adolescent Nutrition Toolkit (India)
Guideline/Guidance published by Lady Irwin College, NCEARD, UNICEF in
This toolkit includes a technical report about adolescent nutrition in India, "Adolescents, Diets, and Nutrition: Growing Well in a Changing World," a recipe book for packed lunches and snacks for adolescents in the Indian context, and a pamphlet for adolescents about nutrition, eating practices, and anemia.
