| It might be difficult but keeping your teenager | | | | impossible for your teen to be healthy. |
| healthy but this is why Nutrition for Teens is VERY | | | | If they are not exercising at least three times a |
| important. | | | | week, try taking them to the gym or going for a |
| As a teenager, their bodies are changing and growing | | | | walk with them. You could encourage them to join |
| into what they will mostly be like for the rest of their | | | | some sort of team sport or physical education class |
| lives. Their bodies are undergoing and completing rapid | | | | at school. |
| changes. | | | | Swimming is a great form of exercise so encouraging |
| So healthy eating for teens should be an everyday | | | | them to go to the pool or beach in summer is a |
| occurrence. Provide the right resources and meals | | | | great idea. |
| and they will be on their way to staying healthy. | | | | They can decide what sort of physical activity they |
| You need to remember that being a teenager can be | | | | would like to do. You just need to let them know |
| a difficult time as they are perpetually being | | | | you encourage it no matter what they pick. |
| influenced by peers and their circle of friends. This | | | | Make sure your teenager is eating all three meals |
| can often cause an increase in self consciousness and | | | | each day. What a lot of people do not realize is your |
| worry about how they look. With the fast growth | | | | body stores fat when you skip a meal. So they are |
| spurts and hormonal changes, there will usually be | | | | missing out on their nutrients as well as possibly |
| times when your teen is very disheartened about | | | | gaining weight. |
| their looks and feelings. | | | | If you provide healthy foods for them to eat at |
| It is important to keep a close eye on your teenager | | | | home, they are most likely going to eat them and |
| to make sure they aren't becoming anorexic or | | | | put them into a regular healthy eating pattern. This |
| bulimic. Not only will these diseases make them feel | | | | way they are still making the healthy food choice |
| worse, it could severely damage their bodies for the | | | | themselves. |
| future. | | | | It is a good idea to encourage them to eat healthy |
| The best thing you can do is make sure they | | | | from time to time. Set an example yourself as well. |
| continue eating the right nutrients. | | | | During their childhood, your teen probably picked up |
| Good nutrition for teens can be started by using the | | | | some healthy eating habits from you so it is a good |
| food pyramid as a guide. | | | | idea to stay eating healthy and carry the process on. |
| This means there needs to a balanced diet from the | | | | As your teenager grows up, they will be becoming |
| five different food groups everyday. Also make sure | | | | more independent with what they eat, how much |
| they have any nutrients which aren't already in their | | | | they exercise and how they act. You can still be their |
| diet throughout the day. | | | | guide and subtly give them ways to stay healthy. |
| Obviously as teenagers, they are partly in charge of | | | | Nutrition for Teens is all part of our responsibility as |
| what they eat as well - they will want to eat out and | | | | parents to make sure they know what is healthy and |
| have food from the tuck shop at school. Even if you | | | | how much they should eat of the different food |
| are trying to prevent this, your teen will most likely | | | | groups. |
| find a way so make sure they know what healthy | | | | You will be setting their ways to being healthy for |
| foods they should be eating every day. | | | | the rest of their lives. |
| Exercise for teens is also crucial. Without exercise it is | | | | |