World Health Organization Publication : Year 2005 ; Issue 9241593660 - in English: Nutrition in Adolescence ; Issues and Challenges for the Health Sector

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Title:	World Health Organization Publication : Year 2005 ; Issue 9241593660 - in English: Nutrition in Adolescence ; Issues and Challenges for the Health Sector
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
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The World Health Organization (WHO) would like to thank author of this paper, Dr Hélène Delisle, Professor, Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Canada. Special thanks also go to Dr B. De Benoist of the WHO Department of Nutrition for Health and Development (NHD) for his valuable contributions to the revision and finalization of the paper, and Ms D. Klinger of the Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development (CAH) for editing it. Many thanks also go to the WHO regional advisors on adolescent health and development from WHO AFRO, AMRO, EMRO, EURO, SEARO, and WPRO regional offices. Acknowledgement is also made of the contributions of (in alphabetical order): Dr A. Pradilla, Universidad del Valle, Colombia; Dr J. Rivera-Dommarco, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Mexico; Dr R. Solon, Nutrition Center of the Philippines, Philippines; and Dr. R. Uauy, Instituto de Nutricion y Technologicas de la Alimentos, Chile, who acted as external reviewers. Acknowledgement is also made of the coordinating roles played by Dr V. Chandra-Mouli, Ms J. Ferguson, and Dr A. Olukoya of CAH.

Table of Contents
Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Adolescents: Who are they? ..................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Increasing focus on adolescent health and well-being .......................................................... 2 1.3 Objectives and content of the paper ....................................................................................... 4 2. ADOLESCENCE PROVIDES A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR NUTRITION .................. 7 2.1 Adolescence is a timely period for the adoption and consolidation of sound dietary habits ........................................................................................................................................ 7 2.2 Improving adolescents’ nutrition behaviours is an investment in adult health .................. 7 2.3 There is potential for correcting nutritional inadequacies and perhaps even for catch-up growth ....................................................................................................................... 8 2.4 Nutrition intervention in adolescent girls may contribute to breaking the vicious cycle of intergenerational malnutrition, poverty and chronic disease ................................. 9 2.5 Reaching households and communities through adolescents ............................................ 10 3. ADOLESCENCE IS A PERIOD OF NUTRITIONAL VULNERABILITY ..................................... 11 3.1 Conceptual framework for the analysis of nutritional problems in adolescence .............. 11 3.2 Nutritional problems in adolescence .................................................................................... 13 3.2.1 Undernutrition, stunting and consequences in adolescence ............................... 14 3.2.1.1 Overview on malnutrition in adolescence ............................................. 14 3.2.1.2 Malnutrition delays physical growth and maturation .......................... 16 3.2.1.3 Stunting and delayed maturation compound risk of adolescent pregnancy ................................................................................................. 16 3.2.1.4 Malnutrition reduces work capacity ...................................................... 16 3.2.2 Iron deficiency anaemia and other widespread micronutrient deficiencies ....... 17 3.2.2.1 Iron deficiency and anaemia ................................................................... 17 3.2.2.2 Vitamin A deficiency ............................................................................... 20 3.2.2.3 Iodine deficiency disorders ..................................................................... 20 3.2.2.4 Micronutrient deficiencies and bone disease ........................................ 20 3.2.3 Obesity and other nutrition-related chronic diseases .......................................... 22 3.2.3.1 Obesity ..................................................................................................... 22 3.2.3.2 Cardiovascular disease risks .................................................................... 24 3.2.3.3 Nutrition, gout and gallstones ................................................................ 25 3.2.3.4 Nutrition and cancer ............................................................................... 26 3.2.4 Tooth decay, a nutrition-related problem in adolescence .................................... 27 3.3 Early pregnancy, a well-documented factor of health and nutritional risk in adolescent girls ......................................................................................................................................... 27 3.3.1 Maternal mortality and morbidity ........................................................................ 28 3.3.2 Low bir