Adolescent nutrition and growth.
10.3345/kjp.2006.49.12.1263
- Author:
Sanghee PARK
1
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. shpark@ns.kumc.or.kr
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Adolescent nutrition;
Adolescent growth
- MeSH:
Adolescent*;
Delivery of Health Care;
Eating;
Female;
Humans;
Male;
Meals;
Nutritional Requirements;
Nutritional Status;
Prevalence;
Snacks
- From:Korean Journal of Pediatrics
2006;49(12):1263-1266
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Nutrition is an essential component of total adolescent health care. Two important changes occurring during adolescence can cause a crisis in the teenager's nutritional needs. First, growth in height, weight, and body component is greater and more rapid than at any time since infancy. Second, an adolescent's eating habits may change from regular meals prepared at home to irregular meals, skipped meals, and nutrition-poor snacks and fast-food meals. Adolescents have been found to have the highest prevalence of any age group of an unsatisfactory nutritional status. To understand the nutritional requirements of the adolescent, health practitioners should be aware of the intensity and timing of the adolescent growth spurt, the differences in the growth spurt between males and females, and the individual variation in timing of the growth spurt from teenager to teenager.
