January 2017

Predictors of nutritional status among adolescent school girls in Southwest Ethiopia

Total nutrient needs of adolescents are higher than any other time in the Lifecycle making susceptible to malnutrition. Any nutritional deficiency experienced during this critical period of life can have long lasting effect on the future health of the individual and also her offspring. Hence this study was to assess nutritional status and predictors of malnutrition among adolescent school girls, in south west...

Author(s): Tezera Moshago Berheto, Feleke Hailemichael Astawesegn and Bedilu Girma Weji