Reuven Louise R. Buenaventura
BSN 2A
Adolescent Nutrition
January 25, 2022
Link: https://www.mentalhelp.net/adolescent-development/common-nutritional-challenges/
Title: Common Nutritional Challenges for Teenagers: Adolescent Obesity
Insight: The article talks about how wrong nutrition education contributes to obesity which is
considered as a health crisis. Inappropriate eat eating patterns is usually the main cause for the
problem which can result to bigger problems. I think that an adolescent nutrition should be taken
in seriously as how we give importance to newborn’s or elderly nutrition. Teenagers engage into
certain activities and state of minds that requires good and right nutrition. Obesity can hinder
daily living activities and could cause mild to severe manifestations if some diseases particularly
diabetes. Maybe we think that activeness equates to more food requirement in the body (because
my mother also does this to us before-lets us consume as many as we can because she thinks that
we needed it as youths), maybe it does, but a body needs particular set of nutrients not just any
food. It is also stated in the article that there is a research that proves correlation between
overweight parents and overweight children. This just goes to show how wrong food education
can affect members of the family. This is why we should be more considerate of adolescent
nutrition and make them as healthy as possible. People in those age are still growing and
developing and healthy portions of appropriate food can support their growth and development.
Link: https://academic.oup.com/cdn/article/3/7/nzz062/5485636?login=true
Title: Addressing Knowledge Gaps in Adolescent Nutrition: Towards Advancing Public
Health and Sustainable Development
Insight: It cannot be denied that people still lack the knowledge about nutrition. For this article
it talks about problems in adolescent nutrition and ways how these gaps can be addressed and
provide solution to this global underrated issue. Through adolescent period, the body changes,
grows, and develops critically and nutrition plays a big role in bracing the person to those
changes. Because of malnutrition, changes cannot be supported thus resulting to more
physiological and mental problems. It was stated that to battle this, food supplements can take
part in improving nutritional status, although this still needs thorough study about what specific
food supplements, I agree that people of that age should be taking those to further make the body
healthier. Youths should also have a good food avenue for healthy foods, for example school,
schools should encourage and serve them food appropriate for their ages and activities. And
lastly, education on pregnancy since it is also proven that nutrition while pregnant can have an
effect to the child in long term. So, if we take in mind these solutions, we can eradicate, if not, we
can decrease cases of adolescent malnutrition and have them live a better life- free of diseases. I
believe that this should be led by local and national governments because this is still for the
betterment of all and to achieve sustainable development.
Link:
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/healthy-eatingduring-adolescence
Title: Healthy Eating During Adolescent
Insight: This article talks about the importance of healthy eating and ways to achieve healthy
lifestyle. As humans we are aware that we need to eat so our body can produce energy we can
consume for the day, however, everyone has different body types and set of activities. This
articles shows some eating recommendations for adolescents. There is a lot listed, but most
importantly, drinking water and avoiding sweetened drinks plays a big role in choosing healthy
lifestyle as those drinks contains calories that can be excessive for the body. Furthermore,
adolescents should be used to eating balanced meal and avoid fried foods. We may not realize it
now but the food we intake will affect our future health. Of course these precautions can only be
strictly followed with the guidance of the parents. This is why I think nutrition education should
be accessible to both the child and the parents. This way, they can both understand its significance
to their lives.