Healthy dietary behaviors are acquired during adolescence and track into adulthood. To promote dietary behaviors of adolescents. Dietary behaviors are vital throughout adolescence, as this period is characterized by intense growth. Balanced diet during adolescence promotes optimal health, growth and intellectual development. The WHO pronounced that adolescence is a period for the adoption and consolidation of sound dietary habits, especially since healthy dietary behaviors are acquired during adolescence and track into adulthood.
Nutritional needs during adolescence are increased because of the increased growth rate and changes in body composition associated with puberty. The dramatic increase in energy and nutrient requirements coincides with other factors that may affect adolescentsâ food choices and nutrient intake, and thus, nutritional status. Although the main contemporary nutritional problems in the world are obesity and its consequences, the epidemics of malnutrition still subsist in developing countries.
Determinants of Dietary Behaviors of School Going Adolescents in Sudan
Mukhayer AIG
Last date updated on June, 2014
