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    Adolescents have high nutritional needs to support their growth during puberty. Their bodies require more energy and nutrients than at any other life stage. Optimal nutrition is essential for achieving full growth potential. Specifically, adolescents need extra calcium for bone development, with recommended intakes of 1000 milligrams per day. They also have high demands for iron, protein, carbohydrates, and fiber to fuel physical development and activities. Meeting these increased nutritional needs through foods like dairy, leafy greens, meat, and whole grains is important for health during the adolescent years.

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    Adolescents have high nutritional needs to support their growth during puberty. Their bodies require more energy and nutrients than at any other life stage. Optimal nutrition is essential for achieving full growth potential. Specifically, adolescents need extra calcium for bone development, with recommended intakes of 1000 milligrams per day. They also have high demands for iron, protein, carbohydrates, and fiber to fuel physical development and activities. Meeting these increased nutritional needs through foods like dairy, leafy greens, meat, and whole grains is important for health during the adolescent years.

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    Nutritional Needs

    of Adolescents
    The growth spurt during adolescence creates
    increased demand for energy and nutrients. As
    an adolescents, your nutrient needs are higher
    at this stage than at any other stage in your
    lifecycle. It only shows that nutrition and
    physical growth are essentially related; optimal
    nutrition is a requisite for achieving your full
    growth potential.
    Fats and oil 6-8 tsps

    Sugar/sweets 5-8 tsps

    Fish, shell fish, meat and poultry dried beans


    and nuts 3-4 servings

    Milk and milk products 1 glass

    Rice , rice products, corn root crops, bread ,


    noodles 5-8 servings

    Water/beverages 8 glasses

    Exercise personal and environmental hygiene


    Importance of nutrition
    among Adolescents
    Calcium
    For bone development, you need extra
    calcium. Adolescents ages 10-18 have
    calcium requirements of 1000 milligrams
    per day. You can get calcium from dairy
    products, leafy vegetables and tofu.
    Iron
    Teenage boys and girls have high demands of
    iron due to growth spurt. Boys 13-15 years of
    age need 20 milligrams while girls need 21
    milligrams daily. You can improve absorption
    of iron from plants by eating fruits or drinking
    fruit juices contain vitamins c.
    Protein
    Body building foods. Boys ages 13-15 years
    old needs 71 grams of protein daily while girls
    need 63 grams daily. Protein help the body
    make enzymes, antibodies and hormones. You
    can get protein from animal products, such as
    meat, fish, poultry, eggs, milk, and soybeans.
    Carbohydrates
    An increase in the physical activities of adolescents
    requires more energy. Boys at age of 13-14 need
    2800 kilocalories for boys weighing 50 kilos while
    2250 are needed for girls weighing 49 kilos. Foods
    rich in carbohydrates are breads, cereals and in fruits
    and vegetable.
    Fiber
    You need fiber or roughage, indigestible
    complex carbohydrates found in the tough
    parts of vegetable and fruits and whole grain.
    Fiber helps move waste through the digestive
    system. To stay healthy you have to eat 20-35
    grams of fiber daily.

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