Nutritional Problem among Adolescents

The following specific practices and beleifs commonly caused nutritional problems in the adolescents surveyed:

1. The skipping of one or more meals a day


2. Inappropriate choices of snack foods


3. Lack of supervision in food choices made away from home


4. Fear of obesity, especially among girls


5. Concern that certain foods would aggravate acne


6. Lack of time to consume regular meals


7. Lack of companionship when consuming meals


8. Drinking no milk (perhaps as a rebellion against parental influence)


9. Beginning to consume alcohol

Refference:

Guthrie, H. A. & Picciano, M. F., 1995. Human nutrition. Mosby: St.Louis (p.586-587).