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Adolescent undernutrition in South Asia : a scoping review
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Estecha Querol, Sara, Gill, Paramjit, Iqbal, Romaina, Kletter, Maartje, Ozdemir, Neslihan and Al-Khudairy, Lena (2022) Adolescent undernutrition in South Asia : a scoping review. Nutrition Research Reviews, 35 (1). pp. 39-49. doi:10.1017/S0954422421000068 ISSN 0954-4224.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954422421000068
Abstract
Undernutrition is a growing public health challenge affecting growth and development during adolescence in many low- and middle-income countries. This scoping review maps the evidence on adolescent undernutrition (stunting, thinness and micronutrient deficiencies) in South Asia and highlights gaps in knowledge. Using Arksey and O’Malley’s framework and the Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewers’ Manual, the search included electronic bibliographic databases (Medline (OVID), Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, CINAHL, PsycInfo, and Scopus) as well as various grey literature sources published up to March 2019. In total, 131 publications met the inclusion criteria of this review. All the included evidence used quantitative data and 115 publications used a cross-sectional design. Nearly 70% (n = 86) of the included publications were conducted in India. Prevalence of undernutrition was reported based on different growth references and cut-offs. Evidence is divided into publications that included an intervention component (n = 12) and publications that did not include an intervention component (n = 116), and presented in a narrative synthesis. This scoping review provides a wide range of publications on adolescent undernutrition in South Asia and identifies future research priorities in the field.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Teenagers -- Nutrition -- South Asia, Malnutrition -- South Asia | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Nutrition Research Reviews | ||||||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0954-4224 | ||||||||
Official Date: | June 2022 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 35 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 39-49 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0954422421000068 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Copyright Holders: | © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Nutrition Society | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 10 June 2021 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 11 June 2021 | ||||||||
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