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Effect of Double Duty Interventions on Double Burden of Malnutrition, Dietary Diversity Score, and Frequency of Morbidity Among Secondary School Adolescents in Central Ethiopia: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Double duty interventions using nutrition behavior change communication approach for Malnutrition; Degree, Moderate and 5 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 742 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The goal of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to determine the effect of double duty interventions on double burden of malnutrition, dietary diversity score, and frequency of morbidity among secondary school adolescents in Debre Berhan City, Ethiopia. The main aim is to answer the following questions. 1. What is the effect of double duty interventions on double burden of malnutrition among secondary school adolescents? 2. What is the effect of double duty interventions on dietary diversity score among secondary school adolescents? 3. What is the effect of double duty interventions on among secondary school adolescents?
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Interventions
The packages of the double-duty interventions were modified and adapted from the 2017 WHO policy brief report and Hawkes et al., 2020. These interventions are optimized strong education and nutrition behavior change communication focused on promotion of healthy diets (adequate adolescent nutrition, dietary diversity), physical activity (doing moderate intensity physical exercise, avoiding sitting for log time), prevent undue harm from energy-dense foods (avoiding Junk processed foods, avoiding fizzy sweetened drinks, street fast foods, chips, salt, sugar, fats etc.), and regulations on marketing foods from the customer side (e.g., buying of packed foods frequently).