title: Nutritional issues for adolescents.
abstract: This article describes important issues for the nutritional health of adolescents. The issues discussed include dietary factors involved in cardiovascular and cancer disease risk; osteoporosis and bone mineralization; overweight and obesity; related risk factors such as type 2 diabetes; and eating disorders. The discussion focuses on nutritional issues for the general adolescent population, rather than high-risk adolescents. Data are primarily drawn from large, population-based studies using representative samples of adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Minneapolis 55455, USA.
authors.forename: Leslie A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Lytle
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017195:Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012307:Risk Factors