Adolescent nutrition in West Africa: A rapid review of the research evidence

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dc.creatorVerstraeten, Roosmarijn
dc.creatorSalm, Leah
dc.creatorDiop, Loty
dc.creatorDiatta, Ampa Dogui
dc.creatorTouré, Mariama
dc.date2020-10-01
dc.date2024-05-22T12:10:11Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:10:11Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:42:57Z
dc.descriptionAdolescence 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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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/142227
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/112593
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceVerstraeten, 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.
dc.subjectadolescents
dc.subjectpolicies
dc.subjecthealth
dc.subjectmalnutrition
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectdiet
dc.subjectobesity
dc.titleAdolescent nutrition in West Africa: A rapid review of the research evidence
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