| Deficiency is one of the most common | | | | |
| nutritional disorders, and adolescents are at | | | | 4. Strict Vegan diet |
| special risk - up to 13 per cent of teenage | | | | |
| boys and girls were found to have low iron | | | | 5. Low socio-economic status |
| stores. Rapid growth, coupled with a fast | | | | |
| lifestyle and poor dietary choices, can | | | | As parents, we're all familiar with the |
| result in iron-deficiency. Teenage girls need | | | | struggles of getting our children to eat |
| to pay particular attention to iron because | | | | green veggies instead of purple, pink, and |
| their iron stores are depleted each month | | | | blue sugary cereals. You may also be familiar |
| following menstruation. | | | | with the worry over making sure a teen eats |
| | | | at all. For information on proper nutrition |
| During adolescence there a high incidence of | | | | for kids of all ages, strategies for getting |
| nutritional deficiencies and poor eating | | | | kids to eat their veggies, and eating |
| habits. This may lead to consequences in | | | | disorders in teens. Parents have the |
| later years including osteoporosis, obesity, | | | | responsibility to learn what their children's |
| hyperlipedemia, sexual maturation delays, and | | | | needs are. |
| final adult height. In addition, the | | | | |
| development of eating disorders is very | | | | If you know about teen's nutrition you feel |
| prominent during this period. Nutritional | | | | free to go the following web sites: |
| surveys have indicated that the highest | | | | |
| prevalence of nutritional deficiencies occur | | | | They describe |
| during adolescence | | | | |
| | | | 1) The nutrient needs of young children and |
| Good nutrition equals vibrant health and | | | | appropriate feeding practices including |
| clear, glowing skin. Some high school kids | | | | issues such as choking, portion sizes, and |
| turn to a more healthy, natural foods diet to | | | | snaking. |
| "stick it" to giant food conglomerates. Such | | | | |
| kids love detecting labeling tricks or seeing | | | | Discuss nutrition-related concerns of |
| how much air and how little cereal goes into | | | | children including the link between diet and |
| those giant boxes, or discovering that food | | | | behavior, the problem of lead, and the impact |
| manufacturers replace real fruit with food | | | | of television on nutrition |
| dyes and artificial flavors. | | | | |
| | | | 3) Distinguish between food allergies, |
| Many acne sufferers are aware that if they | | | | intolerances, and aversions. |
| eat sweets, the condition will worsen. Sugar | | | | |
| can lower resistance to bacterial infection, | | | | 4) Discuss the special nutrient needs and |
| and so the strict avoidance of sugar makes a | | | | concerns of teenagers including the effect of |
| lot of sense. | | | | diet and acne. |
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| Risks for Nutritional Deficiencies | | | | 5) Describe special nutritional needs of |
| | | | older adults and the suspected connections |
| 1. Eating disorders | | | | between diet and disease. |
| | | | |
| 2. Chronic medical conditions | | | | 6) Discus the relationship between food, mind |
| | | | and memory. |
| 3. Use of alcohol or drugs | | | | |