ArticleRisk management and healthcare policy2021
Underweight and Associated Factors Among Teenage Adolescent Girls in Resource-poor Settings: A Cross-sectional Study.
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- Prevalence and associated factors of undernutrition among adolescents in India: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Are teenagers in Kenya physically active? The nexus between physical activity and nutrition status of Kenyan teenagers: A cross-sectional study.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Wealth-based inequality in underweight among Scheduled Tribe women in India: a regional analysis.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Undernutrition and associated factors among adolescent girls in Diga District, East Wollega Zone, Ethiopia.PloS one · 2024Article
- Factors Influencing Undernutrition among Female Adolescent Students in Darchula District, Nepal.Nutrients · 2023Article
- The challenges of implementing low fermentable oligo-, di-, mono-saccharides and polyol diet in India: An analysis of available data.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2022Article
- Prevalence and determinants of undernutrition among adolescents in India: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2022Article
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background and purposeUnderstanding the undernutrition status of teenage adolescent girls living in urban slums and its associated factors is meaningful to formulate customized health strategies. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of being underweight and associated factors among teenage adolescent girls in urban slums. MATERIALS AND
methodsIn this cross-sectional study, we enrolled a total of 418 teenage adolescent girls from five of 210 urban slums of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh, India employing two-stage probability sampling for the selection of households and subjects, between September 2016 and July 2017. The study of underwight subjects was assessed with BMI for age using standard criteria. Factors associated with being underweight were determined by multivariable logistic regression analysis.
resultsOf 418 study subjects, 49.76% (208/418) were underweight. Results revealed that sociodemographic factors such as teenage adolescent girls who were from SC/ST (schedule caste/schedule tribe) caste/ethnicity (adjusted odds ratio (AOR)=2.02, 95%CI: 1.00-4.23), subjects whose father's education level was primary or lower (AOR=1.87, 95%CI: 1.12-3.11), and number of people in the family >4 (AOR=2.18, 95%CI: 1.18-4.03) were associated with being underweight. Likewise, dietary behavior-related factors such as vegetarian (AOR=2.21, 95%CI: 1.25-3.92), and <3 meals per day (AOR=2.36, 95%CI: 1.40-3.98) than their counterparts were associated with being underweight. In addition, teenage adolescent girls from food-insecure households (AOR=3.33, 95%CI: 2.01-5.51) were more likely to be underweight than those from food-secure households.
conclusionThe higher burden of underweight among teenage adolescent girls in Indian urban slums needs to be addressed through specific public health interventions such as by improving education, providing education regarding dietary behavior, and having access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious foods.
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