Adolescent girls in Indian villages often face challenges related to dietary diversity due to limited access to nutritious foods and inadequate nutrition education. The study employed a longitudinal design with pre- and post-intervention assessments, using a mixed-method approach including quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews. A significant increase (p < 0. 05) was observed in the proportion of adolescent girls consuming at least five different food groups per day from baseline to follow-up. The school-based nutrition education interventions were effective in enhancing dietary diversity among adolescent girls, with noticeable improvements over eight months. Further research should explore long-term effects and potential scalability of these interventions across diverse cultural contexts. Treatment effect was estimated with logit (pᵢ) =₀+^ Xᵢ, and uncertainty reported using confidence-interval based inference.
Osika Agaba (Tue,) studied this question.