What are the guidelines for normal nutrition and physical activity for adolescents?
Adolescence is the only time following infancy when the rate of growth actually increases. This sudden growth spurt is associated with hormonal, cognitive, and emotional changes that make adolescence an especially vulnerable period of life nutritionally. First, there is a greater demand for calories and nutrients due to the dramatic increase in physical growth and development over a relatively short period of time. Second, adolescence is a time of changing lifestyle and food habit changes which affect both nutrient needs and intake. Studies have shown that nearly half of all adolescents are not physically active on a regular basis, and female adolescents are much less physically active than male adolescents. Physical inactivity and poor diet are risk factors for many of the same health conditions: heart disease, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and others. Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines for Adolescents provides useful guidelines, assessments and tools for counseling. Fast M
Adolescence is the only time following infancy when the rate of growth actually increases. This sudden growth spurt is associated with hormonal, cognitive, and emotional changes that make adolescence an especially vulnerable period of life nutritionally. First, there is a greater demand for calories and nutrients due to the dramatic increase in physical growth and development over a relatively short period of time. Second, adolescence is a time of changing lifestyle and food habit changes which affect both nutrient needs and intake. Studies have shown that nearly half of all adolescents are not physically active on a regular basis, and female adolescents are much less physically active than male adolescents. Physical inactivity and poor diet are risk factors for many of the same health conditions: heart disease, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and others. Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines for Adolescents provides useful guidelines, assessments and tools for counseling.
