Tobiloba Philip Olatokun, Olamide Faith Abiodun, Oluwatobi Michael Onasanya, Abdulquadri Adeoniye Adebayo, Adekunle Baki Abdulkareem, Yuliia Oliinyk, Swetha Manoj, Adediran Fahidah, Mobolaji Deborah Olabode, Oge Sunday Onwe, Lawal Habiba, Faith Ukagwu & Lucy Aja·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2026
Background: Adolescence is a vital period of growth and development that requires adequate nutrition to support both physical and mental maturation. Inadequate protein intake and poor nutritional status remain public health concerns in developing countries. Aim: This study examin...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2026/v24i91429
Marion Macortho Maltina Sesay, Rebecca Sombo Luseni-Kargbo & Marian Adama Amara·Asian Food Science Journal·2026
Background: Adolescent pregnancy is a global public health issue that affects both developed and developing countries, including Sierra Leone. Adolescent girls in Sierra Leone face distinct nutritional challenges that are sometimes exacerbated by socio-economic factors such as po...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/afsj/2026/v25i7894
Background: Animal protein is a nutrient that is important for the growth and development of children Under Two Years old, when viewed from the quality, animal protein has better quality than with vegetable protein, this is because the content of animal protein plays a role in th...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2026/v24i41382
Objective: Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease that remains a public health problem worldwide, including in Indonesia, which ranks second in the number of TB cases according to the 2022 WHO report. In the working area of the Johan Pahlawan health center there are four facto...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2025/v23i81279
Child growth and well-being are critically dependent on proper nutrition, particularly during the developmental phase between the ages of 6 and 59 months. Poor nutritional status is associated with an increased prevalence of mortality and morbidity in Kenya and globally. This stu...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i121143
The study has assessed the feeding habits and nutritional status of adolescents in Bamenda II Municipality. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select four private non boarding secondary schools in Bamenda II Municipality. Systematic sampling was used to select the respond...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/afsj/2024/v23i6720
Background: Lack of protein intake will result in hampered iron transport and reduce the formation of hemoglobin (Hb). Hemoglobin is a protein compound found in red blood cells and is useful for transporting oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide CO2 in the body. The level of protein con...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i51007
Background: Street children are often deprived of the basic human rights in our society and hence they suffer from various forms of malnutrition and usually get addicted to different drugs. Objective: The current study aimed to assess the nutritional status and drug abuse of the...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i11913
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) continues to rank high in contributing to the global disability adjusted life years with 10 million new cases yearly worldwide. Having effective control of TB particularly in endemic communities should be predicated on understanding factors that dr...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i1030256
This research was carried out to determine the effects of thermal process of boiling of soy bean seeds on the nutritional status of soy milk and soy yoghurt produced by fermentation. The soybean seeds were de-hulled, boiled and thermally processed to soymilk. Food sweetener (Gluc...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AFSJ/2018/44099
Aims: To determine the relationship between weaning foods and nutritional status of children aged 6-23 months attending immunization clinic at a military barracks in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Nigeria. Study Design: Descriptive cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/33668
Aims: This study was designed to assess the nutritional status of school children aged 5-12 years in Kawo District, Kaduna State, Nigeria in relation to gender and school background. Study Design: One hundred and forty one (141) school children were randomly selected from two pub...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/8647