Adolescents in Eastern Uganda

Globally adolescents constitute over 16% but in SSA they make up 23% of the population. While little is known about diets of these adolescents rapid changes in physiological and social processes undergone require adequate diets. This study aimed to determine dietary diversity and associated factors among adolescents residing in the Iganga -Mayuge HDSS. Adolescents diets were low in diversity and characterised with low micronutrients source foods but plenty of fats and oils. Interventions to address contributing factors to the burden ought to target the parenting contexts of the adolescents residing in rural eastern Uganda.