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Adolescence is the period between 10 and 19 years of age characterized by rapid physical, psychological, emotional, and social changes. Adolescents constitute a significant proportion of the population and represent the future human resource of the nation. During this stage, various health problems arise due to nutritional deficiencies, hormonal changes, unsafe behaviors, lack of awareness, social pressures, and inadequate health services. Preventive Maternal and Child Health programmes emphasize adolescent health because healthy adolescents become healthy adults and parents. One of the major adolescent health problems is malnutrition. Many adolescents suffer from undernutrition, anemia, vitamin deficiencies, and stunted growth. Adolescent girls are particularly vulnerable to iron deficiency anemia due to menstruation, poor dietary intake, and early pregnancy. Obesity is also emerging as a problem because of sedentary lifestyles and unhealthy eating habits. Reproductive and sexual health problems are common among adolescents. Lack of proper sex education leads to early sexual activity, sexually transmitted infections, HIV/AIDS, teenage pregnancy, unsafe abortion, and __________ ________ __________ ______ ___ ______ _____ ___ __________ __________.
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