Assessment of nutritional status and associated factors among adolescent girls in Afar, Northeastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background A body of evidences showed that adolescent undernutrition is a serious public health problem in developing countries including Ethiopia. Adolescence period is the last chance for curbing the consequences of undernutrition and breaking the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition a...

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Main Authors: Gebrehiwot Hadush, Oumer Seid, Abel Gebre Wuneh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41043-021-00227-0