Nutritional Status among Adolescent Girls in Urban Slums of South Chennai and the Impact of Information, Education and Communication on Their Nutritional Knowledge and Practices
Author(s): Jeyaprabha V*
Abstract
The aim of the study is to assess and study the nutritional status and prevalence of anemia among adolescent girls in urban slums of south Chennai. With the help of various findings, concluded that the prevalence of under nutrition and over nutrition was high in the study area. This will help the health care providers to identify the problem faced by the adolescent girls in the study and also to implement effective intervention measure to correct the nutritional deficiencies.