Socio‐cultural and economic determinants and consequences of adolescent undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies in LLMICs: a systematic narrative review

Dónya S. Madjdian; Fusta Azupogo; Saskia J.M. Osendarp; Hilde Bras; Inge D. Brouwer

doi:10.1111/nyas.13670

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Socio‐cultural and economic determinants and consequences of adolescent undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies in LLMICs: a systematic narrative review

Dónya S. Madjdian Fusta Azupogo Saskia J.M. Osendarp Hilde Bras Inge D. Brouwer

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol. 1416 No. 1 pp. 117-139 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractAdolescent undernutrition is a persisting public health problem in low and lower middle income countries (LLMICs). Nutritional trajectories are complexly interrelated with socio‐cultural and economic (SCE) trajectories. However, a synthesis of the SCE determinants or consequences of undernutrition in adolescents is lacking. We undertook a narrative review of published literature to provide a narrative overview of the SCE determinants and consequences associated with undernutrition among adolescents in LLMICs. We identified 98 articles from PubMed, SCOPUS, and CAB‐Abstracts on determinants and consequences of undernutrition as defined by stunting, underweight, thinness, and micronutrient deficiencies. At the individual level, significant determinants included age, sex, birth order, religion, ethnicity, educational and literacy level, working status, and marital status. At the household level, parental education and occupation, household size and composition, income, socioeconomic status, and resources were associated with undernutrition. Only a few determinants at the community/environmental level, including residence, sanitation, school type, and seasonality, were identified. The consequences of adolescent undernutrition were mostly related to education and cognition. This review underscores the importance of the broad range of context‐specific SCE factors at several levels that influence adolescent nutritional status and shows that further research on SCE consequences of undernutrition is needed.

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Published: Mar 01, 2018
Vol/Issue: 1416(1)
Pages: 117-139
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Authors

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Dónya S. Madjdian

Department of Social Sciences, Sociology of Consumption and Households Wageningen University and Research Wageningen the Netherlands

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Fusta Azupogo

Department of Human Nutrition, Nutrition and Health over the Life Course Wageningen University and Research Wageningen the Netherlands; Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture University for Development Studies Tamale Ghana

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Saskia J.M. Osendarp

Department of Human Nutrition, Nutrition and Health over the Life Course Wageningen University and Research Wageningen the Netherlands

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Hilde Bras

Department of Social Sciences, Sociology of Consumption and Households Wageningen University and Research Wageningen the Netherlands

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Inge D. Brouwer

Department of Human Nutrition, Nutrition and Health over the Life Course Wageningen University and Research Wageningen the Netherlands

Funding

The Edema-Steernberg Foundation

Cite This Article

Dónya S. Madjdian, Fusta Azupogo, Saskia J.M. Osendarp, et al. (2018). Socio‐cultural and economic determinants and consequences of adolescent undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies in LLMICs: a systematic narrative review. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1416(1), 117-139. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.13670

Socio‐cultural and economic determinants and consequences of adolescent undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies in LLMICs: a systematic narrative review

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