unseen: 2. Anaemia affects urban rich Nigerian adolescents more than other socio‑economic status groups.

Anaemia is very prevalent globally and is thought to be linearly associated with wealth and to affect females and rural residents more than males and urban residents. This study was designed to investigate this thought in a population of adolescents in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Standard clinical protocols were used.

seen : 1. Stunting and overweight/obesity are predominant malnutrition burdens of urban poor Nigerian adolescents.

Economic growth is associated with reductions in undernutrition. However, in developing countries, malnutrition still exists as a double burden. A better understanding of the dynamics of malnutrition in such societies as a means of aiding policymakers and implementers is thus needed.