Rohini Tiwari ¹, C. Yegammai ¹, S. Radha Devi ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore - 641043, IN

Abstract

Adolescence is a time o f many transitions for tine children in terms of physical growth, psychological development and emotional maturity. Nutrition during adolescence is one of the vital aspects as adolescence comprises the second and lost growth spurt period and adolescents are susceptible to develop faulty eating behaviour leading to malnutrition. Currently, the total population of adolescents between the age of 10 and 19 years is 1.2 billion i.e, one in every five people in the world today, the largest generation of young people in history.

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Rohini Tiwari ¹, C. Yegammai ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore - 641043, IN

Abstract

Perceived as a malady afflicting only adults, stress and anxiety are now affecting children and adolescents at an alarming rate. Symptoms of stress may be cognitive , emotional, physical or behavioral. The behavioral influences include bad food choices, poor eating habits and a sedentary lifestyle. Psychological factors involved are stress, anxiety and depression, leading to excessive calorie intake for self-gratification, School children take to more fatty foods as their lives grow stressful.

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