Nutritional Status and Factors Affecting Nutrition among Adolescent Girls in Urban Slums of Dibrugarh, Assam
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Results: The overall prevalence of thinness was 25.70% and the prevalence of stunting was 31.33%. A significant association was observed between the nutritional status of adolescents and the mother’s literacy level and family size. The various morbidities prevalent amongst the adolescent girls were found to be pallor (93.30%); menstrual problems (83.09%); dentalcaries (42.25%); angular stomatitis (35.56%); glossitis (34.15%); Skin problems (20.07 %); lymphadenopathy (10.21%) diarrhoea (7.04%), Goitre (4.22%) and bitots spots (0.35%).
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تاریخ انتشار 2013