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September 10, 2025Nutrition & Food Science

Nutrition knowledge and nutritional status among adolescent girls in urban and rural areas of Kano State, Nigeria

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HAHadiza Abdullahi AbubakarMSMohd Razif ShahrilSMSumaiyah Mat

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Cross-sectional study compares nutrition knowledge and nutritional status in urban and rural adolescent girls, revealing significant disparities.

Key Points

  • Urban girls showed significantly higher nutrition knowledge scores compared to rural girls, emphasizing disparities.
  • The prevalence of stunting and underweight among participants was 39.6% and 37.3%, respectively, with rural girls more affected.
  • Nutrition knowledge was poor in 32.3% and moderate in 66.3% of adolescent girls, highlighting important gaps.
  • Data were analyzed using SPSS with independent t-tests and chi-square tests to evaluate urban-rural differences.

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Abubakar et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23bd7b210217d64786fa7https://doi.org/10.1108/nfs-04-2025-0156
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