Food Insecurity, Food Based Coping Strategies and Suboptimal Dietary Practices of Adolescents in Jimma Zone Southwest Ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Belachew, Tefera ^a,b   Lindstrom, David ^c   Gebremariam, Abebe ^a   Hogan, Dennis ^c   Lachat, Carl ^b,d   Huybregts, Lieven ^b   Kolsteren, Patrick ^b,d  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ENERGY INTAKE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84874913563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057643     Document Type: Article

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