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Suaahara II Annual Survey: Adolescent Panel Year 1
Assessment Tool published by in
This document is the data collection tool used in Year 1 of the Suaahara project, which focused on expanding health and nutrition services for adolescents in Nepal. The tool addresses respondents' health-related background, integrated nutrition exposure, dietary recall, WASH, social participation, freedom of movement, self-efficacy, social…
Special Issue: Women's and Adolescent Nutrition
Journal Article published by NYAS in
This is a special issue of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences on Women's and Adolescent Nutrition. It contains articles on such issues as global and regional trends in the nutritional status of young people, a systematic review of evidence-based adolescent nutrition interventions, and a review of nutrition guidelines for adolescents…
DCP Chapter 3: Global Nutrition Outcomes at Ages 5 to 19
Technical Report published by The World Bank Group in
This book chapter describes the dietary intake and the consequences of malnutrition for children ages 5 to 19, as well as global actions to address these issues.
Children As Agents of Change: Children’s Role in Influencing Health and Nutritional Practices
Case Study published by Children for Health in
This rapid sift is from the Children’s Participation in Action and Learning for Nutrition (PCAANS) project in Mozambique. The aim was to inform the project's approach to nutrition education, identify and understand research on how children influence health behaviors, and identify qualitative methodologies to evaluate the impact of children’s…
Preconceptional Nutrition Interventions for Adolescent Girls and Adult Women: Global Guidelines and Gaps in Evidence and Policy with Emphasis on Micronutrients
Journal Article published by The Journal of Nutrition in
This article reviews preconception nutrition in women and girls globally, including the key factors that influence women's outcomes and (if they become pregnant) their child's outcomes. The article describes global guidelines on preconceptional nutrition interventions; highlights gaps in evidence, guidelines, and policy; and discusses…
Conceptual Framework for Adolescent Girls' Nutrition
Informational Infographic published by SPRING in
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 Survey in Nepal 2014
Landscape Analysis published by Nepal Health Research Council, Government of Nepal in
This cross-sectional study explored the nutritional status of Nepalese male and female adolescents (ages 10 to 19) from 13 districts in the three ecological regions of Nepal. Data was disaggregated by age, gender, geographic region, residence, religion, socioeconomic status, sanitation and hygiene indicators, and some food consumption patterns.
National Nutrition Program (NNP II) 2016-2020 Ethiopia
Policy published by Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in
The National Nutrition Program 2016-2020 (NNP II) of Ethiopia includes a focus on adolescent nutrition. One of five key targets of NNP II is to reduce the prevalence of anemia in adolescent girls from 30 percent to 15 percent. The document also describes other adolescent nutrition initiatives, including the provision of nutrition services and…