The Effect of Double Duty Interventions on Double Burden of Malnutrition Among School Adolescents in Ethiopia

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Enrollment

742

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 13, 2022

Primary Completion Date

November 14, 2022

Study Completion Date

June 30, 2023

Conditions
Malnutrition; Degree, ModerateDiet HabitUndernutritionOvernutritionUnderweightOverweight
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Double duty interventions using nutrition behavior change communication approach

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).

Trial Locations (1)

445

Debre Berhan University, Addis Ababa

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Jimma University

OTHER

lead

Debre Berhan University

OTHER