Nutrition in adolescence: Multiple challenges, lifelong consequences and the foundation for adult health

The Conversation – Jo-Anna B. Baxter

Around the world, there are an estimated 1.2 billion adolescents between 10 and 19 years old. Although adolescence lies between childhood and adulthood, adolescents are neither big children, nor little adults. They have increased food requirements to support their rapid physical growth and maturation. 

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