How do we improve adolescent diet and physical activity in India and sub-Saharan Africa? Findings from the Transforming Adolescent Lives through Nutrition (TALENT) consortium.

Mary E Barker Polly Hardy-Johnson Susie WellerA HaileamalakL JarjuJulie JessonG V KrishnaveniK KumaranV LeroyS E MooreS A NorrisS PatilS A SahariahK WardC S YajnikChd Fallnull null

Published in: Public health nutrition (2020)

Interventions to improve adolescents' diets and physical activity levels must therefore address structural and environmental issues and influences in their homes and schools, since it is clear that their food and activity choices are the product of an interacting complex of factors. In the next phase of work, the Transforming Adolescent Lives through Nutrition consortium will employ groups of adolescents, caregivers and local stakeholders in each site to develop interventions to improve adolescent nutritional status.

Keyphrases

physical activity
young adults
mental health
body mass index
childhood cancer
sleep quality
human health
weight loss
risk assessment
depressive symptoms
protein kinase