What of the teenage mother? (Outlook, India)

Outlook (India) reported on a new study from IFPRI researchers Purnima Menon, Phuong Hong Nguyen, and Samuel Scott and Sumanta Nupane and Lan Mai Tran. The study provides evidence of the dangerous link between adolescent pregnancy and undernutrition, a grave and urgent issue in the fight against malnutrition for India. Scott stated, “The strongest links between adolescent pregnancy and child stunting were through the mother’s education, her socioeconomic status, and her weight.”