Prevalence and predictors of anaemia among adolescents in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India.

ABSTRACT: In adolescents, anaemia has been linked to affecting physical disorders, growth, and mental retardation and also increases reproductive morbidities among adolescent girls during their womanhood. It is believed that with increasing age, females are more prone to anaemia than their male counterparts. Unfortunately, the anaemia intervention program, such as the National Nutrition Anaemia Prophylaxis Programme, primarily targets infants, young children, pregnant and lactation women, and not adolescents. Therefore, this study tries to fill this gap and study the prevalence of anaemia and the associated factors among adolescent boys and girls residing in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India. Secondary data analysis was performed on cross-sectional survey data from the Understanding the Lives of Adoles

SUBMITTER: Chauhan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9114399 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature