What are some of the common nutrition related problems in adolescence
Q. What are some of the common nutrition related problems in adolescence?
Answer.
Malnutrition can involve both over- and under-nutrition. Over-nutrition involves overweight and obesity.
A growing percentage of adolescents are overweight, mostly caused through a combination of a lack of exercise and eating too much fat and sugar.
However, under-nutrition involving eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia, especially amongst females, remains the predominant concern during this stage of life.
Over- and under-nutrition can become related and can turn into an emotional problem, becoming a vicious circle - eating, or starving, to cope with unhappiness.
