Vedavalli Sachithananthan, Mohammed H. Buzgeia, Fadwa Awad, Rema Omran, A. Fara
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Abstract
Objective: Adolescents are a high-risk group for under nutrition. Hence this study assessed the nutritional status and dietary profile of adolescents and early adults. Design: A cross-sectional study was conducted in which subjects were randomly sampled from 6 higher secondary schools which were randomly sampled from three randomly sampled areas in Benghazi. Information on socioeconomic data, lifestyle, height, weight, food frequency and 24 hour food recall were collected. Setting: Schools from Benghazi city in Libya.