Undernutrition and anaemia among Indian adolescents: role of dietary diversity and hygiene practices.

ABSTRACT: In 2021, the Lancet Commission on adolescent nutrition highlighted the need to prioritise the elimination of adolescent malnutrition to tap the human capital potential and break the intergenerational malnutrition trap. The nutritional requirement during adolescence reaches its peak. The present study aims to appraise the prevalence of undernutrition (stunting and thinness) and anaemia among adolescents (10-19 years) in India and the role of socioeconomic, individual-level hygiene behaviour and dietary diversity in nutritional outcomes. We have used the nationally representative Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS-2016-18) that covers children and adolescents (0-19 years) in India. The prevalence of stunting, anaemia and thinness among adolescents was 27⋅2, 28⋅5 and 24⋅1 %, respec

SUBMITTER: Kumar M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10052428 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature