An Adolescent Girl, who is well nourished is more likely to perform well in school than her poorly nourished counterpart.
She is also more likely to give birth to a healthy baby if she delays the age of marriage and pregnancy, and is already well nourished. This in turn improves her child's chances of survival, physical growth and brain development, with significant health and economic benefits across the lifetime, thereby breaking the cycle of under-nutrition and poverty.