Here is a great article on why eating your veggies is important to keeping the fat away.
By Terri Coles
TORONTO (Reuters) – Many teenage girls are not getting the nutrients they need to ensure healthy development, putting them at risk for weight-related problems and cardiovascular disease.
Female adolescence is an important time for setting up adult health, as nutritional needs change because of increased growth and the beginning of menstruation, said Andy Bellatti, who runs the popular nutrition blog Small Bites. But studies have shown that on average, teenage girls are not getting enough fiber, calcium, iron, zinc, magnesium or vitamins A, E and B in their diets, and are eating too much saturated fat and sodium, said Bellatti, who is also a graduate student in New York University’s Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health.
“There’s a lot of work that needs to be done,” he said.
In American adolescents aged 12 to 19, the obesity rate has more than tripled from 5 percent to 17 percent over the last three decades, according to the Institute of Medicine. Research suggests that these children are likely to remain overweight into adulthood. One study showed that about 80 percent of kids who were overweight from ages 10 to 15 will be overweight as adults, and another found that 25 percent of obese adults were overweight kids.
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