| Adopting a healthy teen weight loss plan is essential | | | | calories to maintain than muscle tissue, so the body |
| for your growing child. Because teens are undergoing | | | | retains more fat and burns more muscle. |
| changes in their body, their teen weight loss plan | | | | Health effects of starvation |
| should be guaranteed safe and effective. | | | | Normally, the average 11 year old requires a minimum |
| Changes | | | | of 1800 calories. This rises with age and gender to |
| Nowadays, teens are also prone to being obese. | | | | about 2700 calories for 18 year old teenage boys. |
| Obesity is a sickness that strikes anyone at any age. | | | | The reason that adolescents and teenagers need |
| If left untreated, obesity can cause serious | | | | these calories is to satisfy the nutritional demands of |
| complications like diabetes, high blood pressure, and | | | | the intense development and growth they |
| heart disease. Apart from that, being obese can also | | | | experience during this period. A very low calorie diet |
| cause mental and emotional problems for teens. | | | | can lead to serious nutritional deficiencies, involving |
| Media pressure | | | | extreme tiredness, bone weakness, skin and hair |
| Anorexia and bulimia are common eating disorders | | | | problems, as well as hormonal problems and worse. |
| that strike teens, especially girls. Anorexia and bulimia | | | | Fad diets are also a no-no |
| are usually results of the pressure of being thin. | | | | Teens may also resort to using fad diets to help |
| Several external pressures are present in today's | | | | them lose weight fast. Diet pills, patches, and other |
| society that could damage a child. | | | | products fall under the category of fad diets. |
| Media is constantly portraying thin women in | | | | Although these products may work for a short while, |
| television as beautiful, hence teens aspire to be like | | | | they have no long term effects for you. In the end, |
| them. Because of this, parental supervision is always | | | | it can actually result in you doubling your weight from |
| essential when it comes to teen weight loss. | | | | the normal. |
| Healthy advice | | | | A typical fad diet (eg. cabbage soup diet, grapefruit |
| As teens, before you consider going to a teen | | | | diet) is a low calorie eating plan with some type of |
| weight loss plan or regime, it is always important to | | | | gimmick attached. When a product or program claims |
| let your parents in on your plan. Also, if you are | | | | to help you lose weight quick and easy, these are |
| obese and want to lose weight, you have to consult | | | | usually fad diets. |
| your doctor and ask for expert advice. Do not be | | | | There is no truth in any of these fad-diet assertions. |
| easily fooled by diet methods and products. Some of | | | | The only reason they cause some teens to lose |
| them can have serious side effects so do not be | | | | weight is because they are very low in calories. And |
| easily led away. | | | | as we have already seen, low calorie diet plans are |
| The starvation diet | | | | very unhealthy and do not lead to long term weight |
| Most teens go on a crash diet to lose weight fast. | | | | reduction. If you are a teenager who needs to lose |
| However, the starvation diet should be avoided at all | | | | weight, please do not waste your time following one |
| costs. Unless recommended and supervised by a | | | | of these low energy diets. |
| doctor for the treatment of severe obesity, any diet | | | | Going vegan |
| which involves a drastic reduction in calories is likely | | | | Some teens adopt a teen weight loss plan that |
| to be extremely unhealthy, possibly dangerous. | | | | consists mainly of vegetables. However, giving up |
| Opposite effect | | | | meat makes it much more difficult to eat a healthy |
| Surprisingly, a very low calorie diet usually results in | | | | diet. Meat is a very convenient source of important |
| weight gain rather than weight loss. Yes, you will lose | | | | vitamins and minerals, especially iron. So if you stop |
| weight after a while, but the body starts to slow | | | | eating meat, you need to eat a wide range of |
| down in order to conserve calories. This is a natural | | | | vegetarian foods to compensate for this deficiency. |
| defense mechanism designed to overcome the | | | | Tips on losing weight for teens |
| effects of a food shortage. As a result, weight loss | | | | An effective teen weight loss plan consists of a |
| slows down. | | | | balanced diet and regular exercise. Sadly, many teens |
| Starvation has serious effects including tiredness and | | | | do not believe and adopt this effective teen weight |
| lack of energy. Later on, a combination of hunger, | | | | loss plan. Instead, they go for the "instant solutions" |
| cravings and low mood may trigger an episode of | | | | to their weight concerns. |
| binge eating. | | | | If you are dead serious about adopting a healthy |
| Loss of muscle | | | | teen weight loss plan, talk to both your parents and |
| Rapid and drastic weight loss can also result in muscle | | | | doctor so you will be guided accordingly. Most |
| loss. According to research, up to 50% of the the | | | | doctors will put you in contact with a qualified dietitian |
| weight lost is not fat at all, but lean tissue. In other | | | | who can give you a healthy teen weight loss plan |
| words, the body starts burning up its own muscles. | | | | that consists of a calorie-controlled eating plan, plus |
| One reason for this, is that fat tissue requires fewer | | | | expert advice on how to increase your exercise level. |