Factors Associated with Nutritional Status among Government School Adolescent Girls in Shuklaphanta Municipality, Kanchanpur, Nepal

Public Health

Introduction: Due to the rapid growth in stature, muscle mass, and fat mass during this time, the risk of inadequate nutrition and other health problems is of major concern. Adolescent girls, mothers and children are particularly vulnerable because they are integral parts of the malnutrition cycle in order to overcome the vicious cycle of malnutrition, adolescent girl’s nutrition is critical. Due to their rapid physical and mental development during this time. globally, adolescent undernutrition is a serious public health problem in both developed and developing countries, but is disproportionally keeping sever in developing countries, especially in Asia (32–65%). Aim: The study aimed to explore the nutritional status and factor associated among school going adolescent girls in Shuklaphanta municipality, Kanchanpur District, Nepal. Materials and Methods: The study was quantitative study and the study design was institutional based Cross-sectional Study Design. The study was conducted in government school of Shuklaphanta Municipality and the respondents were female students of selected school. Simple random sampling technique and self-administered questionnaire was used as study tool. For descriptive analysis percentage was reported and to find out the association between variables Chi-square test was applied. Findings: the majorities of the respondent age was 15 years, maximum numbers of the respondents were found to follow the hindu religions. Majority of adolescents were underweight that is 64.3% where, 32.0% were normal,1.7% were overweight and 2% were obesity. There was significant association between Family type and BMI for age of government school adolescent girls with p-value of 0.004 which has strong level of association with Cramer’s value of 0.188. Conclusion: in a nut shell the nutritional status of the adolescent girls in a shuklaphanta municipality was seems to be a matter concern.

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