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The Nutrition and lives of adolescents in developing countries: findings from the Nutrition of Adolescent Girls Research Program

Kurz, Kathleen M.; Johnson-Welch, Charlotte

There is a growing recognition of a need to examine adolescent health issues in context of their high population, growing sexual activity with the consequent rise in pregnancy and disease, and that services focus on young children. This study describes nutritional status, health, education, activities, self-perception of youth in Asia, Africa and Central America.