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Explain three nutritional needs of an adolescent.

Explain three nutritional needs of an adolescent.

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Kavungya
- At very active age, therefore they require plenty of energy giving foods.
- At a stage when their bodies develop fast therefore they need plenty of body/tissue building foods.
- At a stage when they are very particular about their appearance especially the skin hence they need plenty of vitamins in particular vitamin C to maintain healthy looking skin.
- At the age when they do a lot of reading hence they need plenty of vitamin A for their eye sight.
- Stir growing therefore they still need plenty of vitamin D and Calcium for strong bones, teeth and nails which are of particular interest to most of them at this stage.
- For adolescent girls, because of menstrual periods there is need for plenty of iron giving foods to replace the amount lost.
Kavungya answered the question on October 4, 2019 at 08:13

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