EXERCISE No.

15

Nutrition for Adolescence

1. What are common foods taken by adolescents?

- Rice, pandesal, camote, meat, raw lean meat, cooked lean meat, cooked beans, fish,
eggs, green leafy vegetables,
- corned beef balls, champorado, and pineapple eggnog
- guava, papaya, atis

2. What are possible nutritional problems during this stage? Explain

1. Low intakes of calcium, Vit A and C, low intake of iron in girls, anemia, obesity or
underweight, skin problems, and nutritional deficiencies related to:
- Fear of overweight or crash diet
- Food diets
- Poor choice of snacks foods
- Irregular eating pattern.

These problems include problems of overeating and consistently making poor food
choices, resulting in obesity. Conversely, other adolescents develop problems with
unhealthy and extremely restrictive dieting without meeting the minimum nutritional
requirements necessary for healthy growth and development.

3. Look for teenagers (2 teenagers) , between 13 to 19 years old , ask about their usual
diet from breakfast, lunch and dinner , also including the snacks . Then compare their
diets.

15 years old
BREAKFAST 1 bowl oat flake-based cereal with
milk and banana
Milk

LUNCH Rice, vegetable soup, apple

softdrinks

DINNER Rice, fish, pinakbet utan

water

SNACKS Fresh milk, pancake, tomato sandwich, camote

19 years old

BREAKFAST Pandesal, coffee, 1 bowl oat flake-based cereal with fresh milk

LUNCH Rice, fried chicken, grill meat

Softdrinks

DINNER Chicken and vegetable stir-fry with rice

Mango shake

SNACKS Yogurt, fries, burger, macaroni salad, pancake, junk foods, and
streetfoods, pizza

The 19 years old consumed unhealthy foods, not on a proper diet consuming plenty of
energy-dense foods increases the risk of obesity or underweight and other metabolic
disorders. Eating junk food on a regular basis can lead to an increased risk of obesity
and chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty
liver disease, and some cancers. On the other hand, the 15 years old consumed healthy
foods that are low in energy and fat content and high on nutrients, thus a diet low in
calories helps them lose weight and maintain good health status. It's important to avoid
or at least limit foods that contain added sugar, refined grains, and artificial trans fats.
These are some of the unhealthiest but most common ingredients in the modern diet.