Background: South Asia has a large proportion of young people in the world and teenage
pregnancy has emerged as one of the major public health problem among them. The …

Anemia merupakan masalah gizi yang paling utama di Indonesia. Anemia dapat
disebabkan oleh penyakit infeksi, asupan zat gizi yang kurang, kehilangan darah …

Adolescent pregnancy is associated with adverse birth outcomes. Less is known about its
influence on maternal growth and nutritional status. We determined how pregnancy and …

Iodine is an essential trace element for life. Its biological effects are a consequence of its
incorporation to the thyroid hormones, which play a crucial role in fetal organogenesis, and …

This study was conducted to assess the prevalence of anemia and determine serum ferritin
status among 1120 apparently healthy adolescents (12 to 18 years) sampled from 11 city …

Maize is a globally important crop mainly utilized as feed, food and raw material for diverse
industrial applications. Among cereals, it occupies the third place after wheat and rice and is …

As per recent report from UNICEF more than half [59%] of adolescent girls in India are
anemic as par with Congo and Guinea. Among adolescents, girls constitute vulnerable …

Background: Adolescent pregnancy represents an important public-health problem due to its
maternal and fetal outcomes. Adolescent patients are predisposed to multiple obstetrical …

ObjectiveTo investigate the prevalence of anaemia (haemoglobin< 11.0 to 13.0 g dl− 1
depending on age and sex group), iron deficiency (transferrin receptor concentration> 8.3 …

Background Iodine deficiency and thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy is associated with
number of adverse outcomes that includes mental and physical disabilities creating a huge …