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April 19, 2020BMC Public HealthOpen Access

Dietary diversity and associated factors among adolescents in eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study

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NINathan IsabiryeMakerere UniversityJBJustine BukenyaMakerere UniversityMNMary NakafeeroLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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Cross-sectional study finds low dietary diversity and micronutrient-poor diets in rural adolescents, highlighting the need for parent-targeted nutritional interventions.

Key Points

  • To assess dietary diversity patterns and examine contributing dietary and contextual factors among adolescents in eastern Uganda.
  • Conducted a cross-sectional study evaluating nutritional intake patterns among adolescents in rural eastern Uganda.
  • Examined dietary composition, consumption of micronutrient-rich food sources versus fats and oils, and parenting contexts.
  • Adolescent diets demonstrated low overall diversity, characterized by an inadequate intake of micronutrient-rich food sources.
  • Nutritional patterns showed high consumption of fats and oils alongside deficits in essential micronutrients, influenced by rural household parenting contexts.

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Isabirye et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dd59bb7dbdc4ad1440c3f7https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08669-7
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