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. 2025 Mar 3:388:e080361.
doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-080361.

Strengthening legal measures to support access to nutritious foods and healthy food environments for adolescent girls in South Asia

Zivai Murira  1 , Abner Daniel  2 , Kathryn Backholer  3 , Kinley Dorji  4 , SubbaRao Gavaravarapu  5 , Vani Sethi  6 ; South Asia Better Diets and Better Growth for Adolescent Girls Study Group
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Strengthening legal measures to support access to nutritious foods and healthy food environments for adolescent girls in South Asia

Zivai Murira et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Efforts to reduce nutritional inequity among adolescent girls in South Asia need to be reinforced by legal frameworks, argue Zivai Murira and colleagues

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

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