Adolescent nutrition in West Africa: A rapid review of the research evidence
Adolescence is an important period of physical and cognitive development during which optimal nutrition is crucial. It is an essential time for forming preferences and habits and a key window of opportunity for influencing adult health. In West Africa, while undernutrition rates remains high, there...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2020
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| author | Verstraeten, Roosmarijn Salm, Leah Diop, Loty Diatta, Ampa Dogui Touré, Mariama |
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| description | Adolescence is an important period of physical and cognitive development during which optimal nutrition is crucial. It is an essential time for forming preferences and habits and a key window of opportunity for influencing adult health. In West Africa, while undernutrition rates remains high, there has also been a steady rise in overweight and obesity, and an increasing share of mortality and morbidity due to diet-related noncommunicable diseases (DR-NCDs) among adolescents. f concern is that adolescents are experiencing these diseases earlier in life than previous generations. It is crucial to address adolescents’ nutrition to prevent them from carrying malnutrition into adulthood and to protect their overall health later in life. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1422272025-11-06T07:40:44Z Adolescent nutrition in West Africa: A rapid review of the research evidence Verstraeten, Roosmarijn Salm, Leah Diop, Loty Diatta, Ampa Dogui Touré, Mariama adolescents policies health malnutrition nutrition diet obesity Adolescence is an important period of physical and cognitive development during which optimal nutrition is crucial. It is an essential time for forming preferences and habits and a key window of opportunity for influencing adult health. In West Africa, while undernutrition rates remains high, there has also been a steady rise in overweight and obesity, and an increasing share of mortality and morbidity due to diet-related noncommunicable diseases (DR-NCDs) among adolescents. f concern is that adolescents are experiencing these diseases earlier in life than previous generations. It is crucial to address adolescents’ nutrition to prevent them from carrying malnutrition into adulthood and to protect their overall health later in life. 2020-10-01 2024-05-22T12:10:11Z 2024-05-22T12:10:11Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142227 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Verstraeten, Roosmarijn; Salm, Leah; Diop, Loty; Diatta, Ampa; and Touré, Mariama. 2020. Adolescent nutrition in West Africa: A rapid review of the research evidence. TNWA Evidence Note 4. Dakar, Senegal: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134047. |
| spellingShingle | adolescents policies health malnutrition nutrition diet obesity Verstraeten, Roosmarijn Salm, Leah Diop, Loty Diatta, Ampa Dogui Touré, Mariama Adolescent nutrition in West Africa: A rapid review of the research evidence |
| title | Adolescent nutrition in West Africa: A rapid review of the research evidence |
| title_full | Adolescent nutrition in West Africa: A rapid review of the research evidence |
| title_fullStr | Adolescent nutrition in West Africa: A rapid review of the research evidence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adolescent nutrition in West Africa: A rapid review of the research evidence |
| title_short | Adolescent nutrition in West Africa: A rapid review of the research evidence |
| title_sort | adolescent nutrition in west africa a rapid review of the research evidence |
| topic | adolescents policies health malnutrition nutrition diet obesity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142227 |
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