U.S. adolescents are falling woefully short of national health goals.
About 13% of girls and 17% of boys are in the heaviest weight class, while the federal government would like to see numbers closer to 5%. Only 30% of girls and 43% of boys are getting the calcium they need.
Also, less-than-desired numbers of youth report eating the recommended amounts of fat, grains, fruits and vegetables, the findings indicate. Not surprisingly, minorities and adolescents from poorer families appear worse off than their white.
The findings are based on a survey of nearly 5,000 adolescents aged 11 to 18 in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Unhealthy children often grow up to be unhealthy adults, and the only way to prevent that is to put adolescent health and nutrition on the agenda.
American Journal of Public Health May 2002;92
Our culture is on a runaway train towards health disaster. Fortunately there is a remnant of people out there who understand health. It is your challenge to carry these principles out to your friends and neighbors so they don't have to suffer the disease and ill health that most of the country is going through.
The first step would be to have them review the eating plan which has all the details of how they should structure their food choices.
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