Nutritional Status of Adolescent Females in Estates in Haliela, Sri Lanka

Niranjala, A. M. S.; Gunawardena, Nalika

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“…Thinness was significantly higher in adolescent girls living in households with unimproved water sources (67,72) . Parents' education (58,63,68) , birth order and family size (29,55,69) as well as dietary determinants such as energy intake (66,73) , micronutrient intake (67,73) , vegetarianism (66) , dietary diversity (72) and food availability (72) were found to be significantly contributing to adolescent undernutrition. Anaemia (low haemoglobin concentration) ranged between 1% (74) and 98•3% (75) .…”

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confidence: 93%

“…While stunting was more common amongst adolescents residing in rural areas in India (56,57,70,71) , thinness was found to be more prevalent in both urban (70) and rural settings (57) . Low socio-economic status was significantly associated with stunting (55,58) and thinness (55,72) among South Asian adolescents. Thinness was significantly higher in adolescent girls living in households with unimproved water sources (67,72) .…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Low socio-economic status was significantly associated with stunting (55,58) and thinness (55,72) among South Asian adolescents. Thinness was significantly higher in adolescent girls living in households with unimproved water sources (67,72) . Parents' education (58,63,68) , birth order and family size (29,55,69) as well as dietary determinants such as energy intake (66,73) , micronutrient intake (67,73) , vegetarianism (66) , dietary diversity (72) and food availability (72) were found to be significantly contributing to adolescent undernutrition.…”

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confidence: 94%

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Adolescent undernutrition in South Asia: a scoping review

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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.

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Section: Undernutrition Indicators Thinness (Low Bmi-for-age)mentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Undernutrition Indicators Thinness (Low Bmi-for-age)mentioning

confidence: 94%

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Adolescent undernutrition in South Asia: a scoping review

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“…Evidence is mounting to confirm prevalence of increased stunting, wasting, and underweight as a result of malnutrition that continues to prevail in Sri Lanka alike neighboring South Asian countries. A comprehensive treatise titled "nutritional status in Sri Lanka, determinants and interventions compiled by Rajapaksa et al, (2011) provides an eloquent and more vivid picture of malnutrition among Sri Lankan population.According to some careful estimates, adolescents account for 21% of Sri Lankan population however little is known about the nutritional status of this major population fraction in Sri Lanka(Niranjala & Gunawardena 2011; Annual report, 2008). The prevalence rates of underweight, stunting, and overweight were reported to be 47.2%, 28.5% and 2.2%, respectively among this population faction.…”

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Malnutrition in South Asia—A Critical Reappraisal

Akhtar

2015

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

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Malnutrition continues to be a major public health challenge especially in South Asian developing countries. The aim of the present review is to spotlight the magnitude of the prevalence of malnutrition and its dynamics in South Asian region and to suggest potential approaches for the prevention and control of this issue of public health significance. An extensive review of literature, covering malnutrition and its determinants, health and economic consequences and pragmatic preventive strategies was performed on computer based bibliographic databases (PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, Medline and Sciencedirect.com ) to retrieve abstracts and full texts for India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. All relevant titles and abstracts were examined and evaluated for malnutrition and its prevalence in South Asia. The results revealed malnutrition to be a major public health problem and a potential cause of high disease burden and mortality in South Asia. Compelling evidence suggests malnutrition to be the leading cause of stunting, wasting and underweight with drastic economic consequences among vulnerable populations. Reduced cognitive performance and low productivity have also been associated with micronutrients malnutrition. Suboptimal breastfeeding, inadequate food supply, micronutrient deficiencies, low household income, poor health care system, increased healthcare costs, illiteracy, unhygienic and substandard living, inappropriate child's care and the caregiver, food insecurity and on top of that vicious cycle of poverty, have been recognized as principal indicators for growing malnutrition prevalence in South Asia. Global organizations, local governments, program managers, NGOs, academia, industry in particular and the society at large need to take up the challenge to completely confiscate malnutrition from the region for economic prosperity and a healthier future.

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“…Among the studies included, six were done on girls, while the remaining were conducted on both sexes. Except for seven studies performed in other countries (Madagascar (n = 1) [25], India (n = 2) [26,27], Sri Lanka (n = 2) [28,29], Cambodia (n = 1), and Nigeria (n = 1)), the rest were conducted in Ethiopia. Except for two studies that used 7-day recall [20] and 30 days-FFQ [30], and one study did not reveal the dietary assessment index [31], the reminder utilized 24-hour recall for dietary assessment.…”

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association of dietary diversity with undernutrition in school-aged children

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Background Malnutrition in childhood has lasting consequences; its effects not only last a lifetime but are also passed down from generation to generation such as short stature, school-aged children are the most vulnerable section of the population and require special attention, including nutrition. Method We searched Medline through PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science to identify all observational studies published before Jun 2022. Observational studies with a pediatric population aged 5–18 years that evaluated risk estimate with 95% confidence intervals the relationship between dietary diversity and undernutrition (wasting, stunting, and thinness) were included. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) were followed. Results This is a first systematic review and meta-analysis with a total of 20 studies were eligible (n = 18 388). Fourteen data evaluated stunting resulting in a pooled effect size estimated odds ratio of 1.43 (95% CI: 1.08–1.89; p = 0.013). Ten data evaluated Thinness resulting in a pooled effect size estimated odds ratio of 1.10 (95% CI: 0.81–1.49; P = 0.542). Two studies were revealed wasting with a odds ratio of 2.18 (95% CI: 1.41–3.36; p-value < 0.001). Conclusion According to the conclusions of this meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies, inadequate dietary diversity increases the risk of undernutrition in growth linear but not in thinness in school-aged children. The findings of this analysis suggest that initiatives that support improvements to the diversity of children’s diets to reduce the risk of undernutrition may be warranted in LMICs.

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Nutritional Status of Adolescent Females in Estates in Haliela, Sri Lanka

Cited by 3 publications

References 8 publications

Adolescent undernutrition in South Asia: a scoping review

Adolescent undernutrition in South Asia: a scoping review

Malnutrition in South Asia—A Critical Reappraisal

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association of dietary diversity with undernutrition in school-aged children

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