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August 7, 2025

Dietary Diversity Practice among Adolescent Girls of Agro-Pastoral Communities: in Afar region, Northeast Ethiopia

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MHMolla Kassa HailuAMAbay Tafere MengstuDGDagne Belete Gebrye

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Overview

Cross-sectional study assesses dietary diversity in adolescent girls, revealing significant malnutrition factors in Ethiopia.

Key Points

  • 77.6% of adolescent girls in the Afar region reported sub-optimal dietary diversity scores.
  • Key factors for low dietary diversity include parental education and family size.
  • A cross-sectional study surveyed 464 adolescent girls using a structured questionnaire.
  • Addressing dietary diversity is crucial for improving the nutritional status of adolescent girls in low- and middle-income communities.

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Hailu et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/689dfe88d61984b91e13ba4ehttps://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-7113568/v1
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