Question

What developmental stages of the adolescent provide both challenges to healthy eating and ability to make wise food choices?

Answer 1

Ans) Not only does puberty initiate growth acceleration, but emotional and social developmental struggles also occur as academic and person responsibilities escalate.
Adult involvement is still necessary to provide physical and emotional support during the stressful years of adolescence.

- Creating guidelines for dietary patterns means maintaining a household in which meals are available, even if family members may not be able to eat together. Knowing that dinner just needs to be reheated means someone was thinking of the welfare of all family members.

- Older teens may be adjusting to the new demands of the college environment, including adapting to dining hall meals. Some campuses provide flexible meal plans with several locations for meal acquisition around campus. Others offer salad bars and food "stations" to provide a variety of selections.

- As their sense of awareness develops, some teens may adopt a vegetarian dietary pattern. Creative planning on the part of the teen and the family meal planner results in meals that meet everyone's nutritional needs without compromising personal convictions.