HEALTH
How Adolescent Nutrition Affects Overall Health
Choosing Healthy Foods
Achieving nutritional demands requires a well-balanced and varied diet. Adolescents’ preference for unhealthy eating habits, like high-energy and high processed foods like sweeteners, beverages, and fast food, makes it difficult to make smart eating choices.
They have more control over what, when, and where they eat but are more susceptible to social pressures. Adolescents may have exposure to various eating contexts daily due to the multiple settings they experience, such as home, school, and work.
Food availability, cost, marketing, quality, and safety influence food surroundings. They impact dietary choices and are a big part of what teenagers eat.
