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Thank you authors for the English improvement, which has further elevated the quality of the revised manuscript. It is acceptable for publication. Thank you for finding PeerJ as your journal of choice, and I look forward to your future scholarly contributions. Congratulations.
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The quality of the manuscript has been considerably improved. Thank you.
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Clear and precise English was used throughout the work, with sufficient references. The introduction is now better constructed and flows accordingly for better understanding. The authors have explained why overnourished people tend to have poorer prospects
The results from the data were sufficient and properly arranged, and the feedback was adequate.
The research questions and the feedback to ascertain the validity of the findings were addressed properly.
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Suggestions for Authors
Title: Overnutrition in adolescents and its causes in Dale District schools in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
1. Keywords
School appears to be too general could be replaced by Body Mass Index?
The first paragraph needs to be referenced.
2. Material and methods
Data collection instruments and procedures.
What other literature are you referring to in lines 103-104? It will be good to refer to the specific literature and reference them appropriately.
3. Discussion
Line 238-240, “The magnitude is three folds higher in adolescents from urban school as compared to rural indicating that higher percentage of adolescents in the urban setting are at risk of chronic non-communicable diseases”.
This statement appears so emphatic. Provide a linkage of NCDs and overnutrition and or a reference.
Line 237-243, When disaggregating residentially?
Line 248-255. Respondents from urban residents.
The differences between these two (Line 237-243 and Line 248-255) are not clear. Clearly distinguish between the schools and the adolescents or the two can be merged.
Table 1
Some variables have a total exceeding the sample size.
e.g., Religion has 274 exceeding the total of 333.
Number of cattle owned by the family has 212 which is less the total of 333.
4. IT will require an extensive English Language edit as some expressions and words may not be contextually appropriate.
e.g., Line 10, 104, 179, 185-190, 195-196.
Good manuscript overall.
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Clear and precise English was used throughout the work with sufficient references. However, the introduction lacks adequate structure from overnutrition, the causes, effects and remedies. Where does overnutrition emanate from? Are parents and childminders fundamental to this from birth to the adolescent years? Were they given the right proportion of all the classes of food? This information was not captured in the introduction.
I noticed grammatical errors in line 50 through line 52, the sentences need to be rewritten. In lines 56 to 59, the authors stated that overnourished people tend to have poorer prospects. Can they explain why this is so?
My field of specialization is not in line with this kind of experimental design but the results from the data were sufficient and properly arranged. The aim of the work is in line with the scope of the journal and tries to fill a knowledge gap. The research questions were very clear, important and needs to be addressed to avoid future problems. The number of participants engaged in the study was adequate and their feedbacks were encouraging.
Reading this article from a layman’s point of view, the authors covered a wide range of experiments from Socio-demographic characteristics to lifestyle characteristics to dietary habits of school-going adolescents and the determinants of overnutrition generally. It will be critical for a nutrition expert to look at the tables, the research questions and the feedback to ascertain the validity of the findings.
Overall, the research was extensive and covered a wide range of causes of overnutrition in school-going adolescents. As suggested earlier, more information should be added to the introduction to give a better understanding of the effects, causes and remedies of overnutrition in adolescents.
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Need further improvement. See attachment.
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