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Introduction: Nutritional vulnerability of adolescents living in slums is more compare to general adolescents. Adolescent girls are disproportionately impacted by nutritional deficiency due to gender norms, many adolescent boys are malnourished as well. This study sought to assess gender differences in nutritional status among adolescents living with family in selected slums of Bangladesh. Methods: The study used cross-sectional design with mixed method approach. Male and female adolescents between 10 to 19 years living in the Bauniabadh slum and 'Ta' Block Jhil Par slum of Dhaka were study population. Quantitative data was collected through pre -tested structured Bangla questionnaire by household survey of 115 adolescents. Qualitative interviews were sought through 12 In-depth interviews. BMI was categorized and 24-hour dietary recall was used to obtain dietary information by dietary diversity score. Results: Around 40.0% male adolescents and 46.6% female adolescents were underweight. Approximately 5% male adolescents and 3.4% female adolescents were overweight. Almost 67% male adolescents and 63.8% female adolescents had lowest dietary diversity score. One-fourth of male adolescents and 36.2% female adolescents had medium dietary diversity Score. There is observed association between sex of respondents and eating vegetables, and eating fish (p<0.05). Dietary behavior and eating more foods for female adolescents had significant observed association with sex of respondents (p<0.05). The qualitative result revealed that females were expected to learn cooking since they had to feed other members of her in laws house. Females made food sacrifices so that other family members could eat more. Conclusion: There were gender differences in nutritional status, dietary behaviour and nutritional knowledge among male and female adolescents living with family in selected slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Nutrition has a significant impact on the health of post-menopausal women. An appropriate dietary plan provides women with the necessary nutrients to maximize their activity and help minimize chronic diseases that may arise after menopause. The objective of the study was to assess the nutritional knowledge and dietary diversity of post-menopausal women in the rural area of Bangladesh. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among post-menopausal women aged 45 to 60. A sampling frame of 167 post-menopausal women was created by visiting each household, and 101 participants were chosen randomly from this frame. Face-to-face interviews were used to gather data. The body mass index (BMI) was used to evaluate nutritional status. To gather dietary data and calculate dietary diversity scores, a 24-hour dietary recall questionnaire was used. Knowledge score was used to gauge nutrition-related knowledge. Result: The average nutrition knowledge score was 8.55 out of 13. Knowledge has a statistically significant effect on the dietary diversity of post-menopausal women (P< 0.015). In this study, BMI was 41 percent, within the normal range, 35 percent were overweight, and 22 percent were obese. Around 45 percent of the respondents had a low dietary diversity score. There was a weak association between BMI and dietary diversity (P> 0.077). Almost 90 percent of women experienced menopausal problems, and 25 percent had inadequate knowledge about menopause. Conclusion: Knowledge of nutrition is associated with post-menopausal women's dietary diversity. Nutrition knowledge can improve the dietary diversity of post-menopausal women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]