IJCM_42A: Nutritional Assessment and Association of Malnutrition with Food Insecurity among Adolescent Females of Age 15-19 Years in an Urban Slum of Raipur City

• Main Authors: Galhotra Abhiruchi (Author), Das Sakthi (Author), Shukla Arvind K (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Adolescent girls constitute about one-tenth of our country's population. They suffer the brunt of malnutrition due to increased nutritional needs; compounded by urbanization, peer and social pressure. They are food insecure either due to unavailability, lack of resources or lower pr...