To develop this Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank, an online search for resources from 2015 onward was conducted. In addition, materials were solicited from organizations that signed onto the 2018 Adolescent Nutrition Call to Action. Although youth were not engaged in this process, the Resource Bank features resources on adolescent engagement.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
This resource includes eight tools organized by age (i.e., very young and older adolescents) and life stage (i.e., sexual activity, marital status, and first-time parent). The tools are designed to help health providers to focus their counseling based on an adolescent's age and life stage and support adolescents to consider their sexual and reproductive health risk and protective factors.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The World Health Organization has released updated Essential Nutrition Actions to mainstream nutrition throughout the life-course and support the Global Nutrition Targets 2025.
News and Features
Director Heather Danton represented USAID Advancing Nutrition at the 2018 Borlaug Dialogue International Symposium.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
This report highlights the importance of adolescent nutrition and describes adolescent nutrition interventions, national policies, and the roles and responsibilities of adolescent services in Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) countries and India. It also provides recommendations related to international policy, promising interventions, and research.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
This article provides an overview of the findings of 50 studies published from 2000-2014 that examined the patterns of dietary intake and the adequacy of nutrient intake of schoolchildren and adolescents in developing countries. The article concludes that children, adolescents, parents, schools, and communities need education about healthy eating habits.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
This report presents an overview of the findings of 288 studies that addressed the diet and eating practices of adolescent girls in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The report includes recommendations related to obesity prevention initiatives, school-based policies, and school meal programs.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
This 15-module course focuses on adolescents' nutrition needs. Five modules cover adolescent nutrition and its impacts; another five address global guidance, adolescent pregnancy, and partnerships and programs; and the final five discuss the links between nutrition and education, health systems, monitoring and assessment, data gaps and research, and engaging adolescents.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
This one-page conceptual framework was developed to guide the 2016 USAID study "Diet and Eating Practices among Adolescent Girls in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review." The framework depicts the many factors that influence adolescent girls' nutrition and their impact on short-term, long-term, and intergenerational consequences.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
Targeted to WHO staff, policymakers, program managers, and health professionals, this publication presents all WHO recommendations on adolescent health. It provides recommendations about interventions for adolescents and adolescents health behaviors. The compilation includes sections on nutrition, diet, and physical activity.