Nutritional Status among Adolescent Girls in Urban Slums of South Chennai and the Impact of Information, Education and Communication on Their Nutritional Knowledge and Practices

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作者：
Jeyaprabha, V [1 ]
机构：
[1] Sree Balaji Med Coll & Hosp, Dept Community Med, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCE | 2022年 / 10卷 / 05期
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Adolescent girls; Anemia; Nutrition;
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R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];
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摘要：
The aim of the study is to assess and study the nutritional status and prevalence of anemia among adolescent girls in urban slums of south Chennai. With the help of various findings, concluded that the prevalence of under nutrition and over nutrition was high in the study area. This will help the health care providers to identify the problem faced by the adolescent girls in the study and also to implement effective intervention measure to correct the nutritional deficiencies.
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