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April 6, 2009Public Health Nutrition21 citationsOpen Access

Predictors of stunting and thinness in post-menarcheal adolescent girls in rural Bangladesh

JRJee Hyun RahPCParul ChristianASAbu Ahmed Shamim

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Undernutrition was widespread among this post-menarcheal adolescent population. Younger and literate adolescents were less likely to be stunted, whereas thinness and body composition were associated with morbidity and work activity.

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Rah et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dd59bb7dbdc4ad1440c405https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980009005345
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