Abstract
Background: In India adolescents constitute about 25% of the population and form an important physiological group whose nutritional needs demand special attention. Adolescence is a significant period of human growth and maturation, when unique changes occur and many adult patterns are established.
 Methods: This was cross-section study. All the adolescent girls studying in standards 9th - 12th class who were given consent to hemoglobin estimation were included in the study.
 Results: The prevalence of anemia among adolescent girls was found as 73.00%. Out of 730 anemic girls, 520 girls were suffering from mild degree of anemia and 190 girls were having moderate degree of anemia. Only two girl was found severely anemic.
 Conclusion: The prevalence of anemia among adolescent girls is alarmingly high in India.
 Keywords: Prevalence, Anemia, Adolescent.
Highlights
The world’s adolescent population is estimated to stand at more than 1 billion, yet adolescents remain largely neglected, difficult-to-measure, and hardtoreach population in which the needs of adolescent girls, in particular, are often ignored.[1]In India adolescents constitute about 25% of the population and form an important physiological group whose nutritional needs demand special attention 2 Adolescence is a significant period of human growth and maturation, when unique changes occur and many adult patterns are established.[3]Increased nutritional needs at this juncture relate to the fact that adolescents gain up to 50% of their adult weight, more than 20% of their adult height, and 50% of their adult skeletal mass during this period.[4]
All the adolescent girls studying in standards 9th - 12th class who were given consent to hemoglobin estimation were included in the study
Out of 730 anemic girls, 520 girls were suffering from mild degree of anemia and 190 girls were having moderate degree of anemia
Summary
The world’s adolescent population (age 10–19 years) is estimated to stand at more than 1 billion, yet adolescents remain largely neglected, difficult-to-measure, and hardtoreach population in which the needs of adolescent girls, in particular, are often ignored.[1]. Increased nutritional needs at this juncture relate to the fact that adolescents gain up to 50% of their adult weight, more than 20% of their adult height, and 50% of their adult skeletal mass during this period.[4] The iron needs are high in adolescent girls because of the increased requirements for expansion of blood volume associated with the adolescent growth spurt and the onset of menstruation.[5]. WHO has classified anemia into three categories: mild (11.0 - 11.9 g/dl), moderate (8.0 - 10.9 g/dl) and severe (< 8 g/dl) anemia 6. Moderate anemia is denoted when the Hb level is between mild and severe anemia[7]
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