Vitamin A deficiency is widely prevalent amongst women and children in India. The aim of the study is to study the effect of supplementation of micronutrient fortified biscuits on serum total proteins and vitamin A levels of adolescent girls (n = 46, 10-16 years) studying in a government school in Jaipur city, India. The study was designed to be an intervention study. The intervention was with ...

BACKGROUND Despite the health benefits of physical activity, data from the UK suggest that a large proportion of adolescents do not meet the recommended levels of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). This is particularly evident in girls, who are less active than boys across all ages and may display a faster rate of decline in physical activity throughout adolescence. The 'Girls Activ...

background: the objective of this study was to describe the extent of sexual activity in adolescent school girls. methods: this was a cross-sectional study with prolective collection of data carried out at lycée general leclerc, yaounde (cameroon), from october 1 to november 30, 2011. heterosexual coitus was considered as sexual activity. a pretested self-administered questionnaire was proposed...

background: to examine macronutrient and micronutrient intake of adolescent girls of tehran, capital of iran to discover any malnutrition in relation to weight status and dieting. methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted. four hundred 11- to 17-year-old students were selected by multistage clus­ter sampling from secondary and high schools of tehran. the information about dietary intakes w...

Vitamin A deficiency is widely prevalent amongst children in India. The present work was designed to be an intervention study with nutrient fortified biscuits to ameliorate the micronutrient status of adolescent girls coming from a low socio-economic background. Baseline data on serum total proteins and vitamin A levels of 111 adolescent girls (10-15 years) studying in a government school in Ja...

OBJECTIVE Clinicians should show an awareness on the menstrual characteristics of adolescent girls which may differ from adults in some aspects. To define menstrual cycle features among high school girls residing in a city center in southeastern Turkey. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 1256 girls attending a high school located in the city center of Elazığ, Turkey. Data from ...

This study investigated the association between mental health problems and academic and behavioral school functioning for adolescent girls in the child welfare system and determined whether school engagement and future orientation meditated the relationship. Participants were 231 girls aged between 12 and 19 who had been involved with the child welfare system. Results indicated that 39% of girl...

This study was designed to estimate the rubella seroprevalence in unvaccinated Turkish adolescent girls in urban and rural areas of Edirne, and to create preventive strategies for congenital rubella syndrome (CRS). The sample, representing 12- to 17-year-old adolescent girls, consisted of 1,600 subjects selected from school lists by systematic and random sampling, which was matched by age and u...