Health and Nutrition in Adolescents and Young Women:Preparing for the Next Generation.

Adolescence stage among the female gender demands more preparation than the opposite because the health and nutritional status of a woman affects her and her offsprings throughout their lives. The proceedings of the 80th Nestle Nutrition Institute Workshop is a complete report on adolescence health and nutrition addressing on three important issues namely global epidemiology and risk factors, role of nutrition in adolescent health and interventions needed to uplift the health care of adolescents.