Nutritional status, dietary intake, and relevant knowledge of adolescent girls in rural Bangladesh

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-94

  Alam, Nurul ^a   Roy, Swapan Kumar ^b   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^b   Ahmed, A M Shamsir ^b  

^a ICDDRB Public Health Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bangladesh; Dietary knowledge; Food frequency; Girls; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION; DIET; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; VAGINAL DISCHARGE;

EID: 77951251714     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v28i1.4527     Document Type: Article

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