Prevalence of Thinness and Stunting and Associated Factors among Adolescent School Girls in Adwa Town, North Ethiopia

Prevalence of Thinness and Stunting and Associated Factors among Adolescent School Girls in Adwa Town, North Ethiopia

Introduction. Despite the fact that adolescence is a window of opportunity to break the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition, adolescents are the neglected age groups. Hence information regarding the nutritional status of adolescents is lacking making creating and implementing intervention progra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Tsgehana Gebregyorgis, Takele Tadesse, Azeb Atenafu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:	International Journal of Food Science
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8323982

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