Underweight and Associated Factors Among Teenage Adolescent Girls in Resource-poor Settings: A Cross-sectional Study.
Jitendra Kumar SinghDilaram AcharyaDivya RaniSalila GautamKalpana Thapa BajgainBishnu Bahadur BajgainJi Hyuk ParkSeok Ju YooThomas G PoderAntoine LewinKwan LeePublished in: Risk management and healthcare policy (2021)
The higher burden of underweight among teenage adolescent girls in Indian urban slums needs to be addressed through specific public health interventions such as by improving education, providing education regarding dietary behavior, and having access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious foods.