Nutritional Status of School Going Adolescent Girls in Awash Town, Afar Region, Ethiopia

Background. Adolescence is an essential stage in the human life cycle, a transition period between childhood and adulthood that is characterized by rapid growth spurt in which nutritional requirement is high. Adolescents are risk groups for malnutrition, but they are not part of a target in many int...

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Main Authors: Molla Kahssay, Lidia Mohamed, Abel Gebre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/7367139