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Adolescent Undernutrition: Global Burden, Physiology, and Nutritional Risks
Christian P.a,b · Smith E.R.a,c
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Keywords: Global healthPublic healthEpidemiologyNutritionAdolescentsMicronutrientsMalnutritionAnemiaPregnancy
Ann Nutr Metab 2018;72:316–328
https://doi.org/10.1159/000488865
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Background: Adolescents, comprised of 10–19 year olds, form the largest generation of young people in our history. There are an estimated 1.8 billion adolescents in the world, with 90% residing in low- and middle-income countries. The burden of disease among adolescents has its origins in infectious and injury-related causes, but nutritional deficiencies, suboptimal linear growth, and undernutrition are major public health problems, even as overweight may be on the rise in many contexts.
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