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Dietician Sheela Sherawat

How to Avoid Teenager Obesity

Of all the early stages of our development our teen years are some of the most critical and most often neglected nutritionally. While correct infant, child and teen nutrition are all essential for balanced and healthy development, teenage nutrition is probably the most difficult to control as a parent and is often made more difficult by the additional emotional issues faced by most teens.

Dietician and founder of Diet Clinic Sheela Seharawat has to say that teens should take in enough carbohydrates to make up about 45 to 65 percent of their daily calories. Fruits, vegetables and grains you eat each day fill up your carbohydrate quota. Whole grains such as oatmeal and brown rice rather than foods like white bread should be considered as whole grains contain more nutrients such as fiber.