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. 2025 Mar 3:388:e080360.
doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-080360.

Addressing systemic exclusion and gender norms to improve nutritional outcomes for adolescent girls in South Asia

Navoda Liyana Pathirana  1 , Christina Zorbas  2 , Seema Khadka  2 , Hari Prasad Pokhrel  3 , Naveen Paudyal  4 , Nayani Dharmakeerthi  5 , Kathryn Backholer  2 , Vani Sethi  6 ; South Asia Better Diets and Better Growth for Adolescent Girls Study Group
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Addressing systemic exclusion and gender norms to improve nutritional outcomes for adolescent girls in South Asia

Navoda Liyana Pathirana et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Multifaceted actions are needed to better identify and challenge underlying patriarchal and socioeconomic factors affecting adolescent girls’ nutrition, write Navoda Liyana Pathirana and colleagues

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no interests to declare.

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Priority areas of action to work towards better diets and nutrition outcomes for adolescent girls in South Asia
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