Why Eat Healthy
There are many reasons why it is very important for teens to eat healthy. Teens should eat healthy because proper nutrition promotes the optimal growth and development of teens.
Healthy eating can help prevent different type of diseases and problems. Healthy eating helps prevent high cholesterol and high blood pressure. It also helps prevent heart disease such as cancer and diabetes. It is important to eat healthy in the early years of your life, because it takes years of good eating to prevent diseases.
Also, If you eat healthy, with a lot of calcium in your diet, your bones and teeth will grow strong. This will prevent osteoporosis, which is when your bones get weak and brittle. It is harder to take in calcium in your later years of your life. Eating healthy also helps strengthen your muscles. If your muscles are not strong enough, you cannot perform daily activities such as taking the trash out and cooking your food. Eating healthy can also affect you mentally. You are also able to focus better with proper nutrition, and won’t get light headed easily. Healthy eating can also reduce the risk of developing obesity, iron deficiency, and dental cavities. When healthy, you don’t run out of breath easily because oxygen gets carried around your body efficiently. This helps athletic performance.
Sources
www.helpguide.org/articles/healthy-eating/nutrition-for-children-and-teens.htm
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