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Box 1 Key intervention recommendations

From: Prevalence and factors associated with stunting and thinness among adolescent students in Northern Ethiopia: a comparison to World Health Organization standards

• In addition to children, nutrition interventions should consider adolescents as major target groups.

 

• Despite the existing focus for girl adolescents, it is equally important to address nutrition problems of their counterparts.

 

• Adolescents living in rural areas require more attention for nutrition interventions.

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