Unaccompanied homeless youth have extremely poor diet quality and nutritional status

Unaccompanied homeless youth have extremely poor diet quality and nutritional status

A lack of in-depth assessment of the nutritional status of homeless youth precludes interventions that achieve nutritional adequacy. We enrolled 118 unaccompanied homeless youth to obtain sociodemographic and health data along with dietary, anthropometric, biochemical, and clinical assessments. As a...

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Main Authors: Irene Hatsu, Carolyn Gunther, Erinn Hade, Stephanie Vandergriff, Natasha Slesnick, Rachel Williams, Richard S. Bruno, Julie Kennel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-07-01
Series:International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
Subjects:
Unaccompanied youth
homeless
nutritional status
diet quality
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2018.1538885

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