Open AccessPrevalence of Malnutrition and its Associated Sociodemographic and Clinical Factors among Adolescents in Selected Schools of Urban Puducherry, India
Author(s) -
Sneha Anil Wangaskar,
Swaroop Kumar Sahu,
Marie Gilbert Majella,
Sathish Rajaa
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian postgraduate medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 1117-1936
DOI - 10.4103/npmj.npmj_684_21
Subject(s) - malnutrition , overweight , medicine , obesity , body mass index , environmental health , cross sectional study , population , public health , developing country , pediatrics , demography , sociology , nursing , economics , economic growth , pathology
In India, adolescents constitute 21% of the total population. Majority of boys and girls in developing countries enter adolescence as undernourished, making them more vulnerable to several diseases.
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