Adolescents are among the nutritionally vulnerable group due to their nutritional demand for pubertal spurt. At this age, adequate nutrition, nutritional education, and counseling are very important to halt the consequence and its impact on this segment of the population. So, the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and its associated factors of nutritional status among high school adolescents aged 10–19 years in Debre Tabor Town, South Gondar Zone, and North central Ethiopia. A cross-sectional study was conducted from September to October 2017. A total of 349 high school adolescents were selected by using simple random sampling. Data were collected through face to face interview and physical measurement. The data were entered into Epi info version 7 software and then exported into SPSS version 20 software for further analysis. A p-value < 0.2 was used to select independent variables for multivariable logistic regression. A p-value ≤0.05 was used to declare the statistical significance. Also, odd ratios were calculated with a 95% of the confidence interval to check the existence of the association. A total of 327 adolescents participated in this study with the overall response rate of 93.69%. The magnitude of stunting and thinness was 15% (95% CI: 11, 19) and 4.9% (95% CI: 2.4, 7.4) respectively. Sex (AOR: 2.24, 95% CI: 1.15, 4.36), residency (AOR: 2.48, 95% CI: 1.28, 4.82), and family size (AOR: 3.41, 95% CI: 1.65, 7.05) were the associated factors for stunting. Residence (AOR: 3.67, 95% CI: 1.16, 11.56), and living away from the family (AOR: 4.37, 95% CI: 1.20, 15.95) were the associated factors for the development of thinness. Stunting is a mild public health problem but not thinness. Sociodemographic variables were the determinant factors for the development of stunting and thinness. To halt this, integrated adolescent related school and nutrition services is very important with adequate and quality food access to adolescents. In addition to this the government shall have to increase the access of education.

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埃塞俄比亚中北部南贡达尔区德布雷塔博尔镇高中青少年的营养状况及相关因素

由于青春期的营养需求，青少年属于营养弱势群体。在这个年龄段，充足的营养、营养教育和咨询对于阻止后果及其对这部分人口的影响非常重要。因此，本研究的目的是评估德布雷塔博尔镇、冈达尔南部地区和埃塞俄比亚中北部地区 10-19 岁高中青少年的营养状况患病率及其相关因素。一项横断面研究于 2017 年 9 月至 2017 年 10 月进行。采用简单随机抽样的方法共选择了 349 名高中青少年。通过面对面访谈和身体测量收集数据。将数据输入Epi info 7版软件，然后导出到SPSS 20版软件进行进一步分析。p 值 < 0.2 用于选择多变量逻辑回归的独立变量。p 值≤0.05 用于声明统计显着性。此外，奇数比是用 95% 的置信区间计算的，以检查关联的存在。共有327名青少年参加了本研究，总体反应率为93.69%。发育迟缓和消瘦的幅度分别为 15% (95% CI: 11, 19) 和 4.9% (95% CI: 2.4, 7.4)。性别 (AOR: 2.24, 95% CI: 1.15, 4.36)、居住地 (AOR: 2.48, 95% CI: 1.28, 4.82) 和家庭规模 (AOR: 3.41, 95% CI: 1.65, 7.05) 是相关因素发育迟缓。居住 (AOR: 3.67, 95% CI: 1.16, 11.56) 和远离家人 (AOR: 4.37, 95% CI: 1.20, 15.95) 是导致消瘦的相关因素。发育迟缓是一个轻微的公共卫生问题，但不是瘦身问题。社会人口统计学变量是发育迟缓和消瘦的决定因素。为了阻止这种情况，与青少年相关的综合学校和营养服务非常重要，因为青少年可以获得充足和优质的食物。除此之外，政府还必须增加受教育的机会。