Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Children need to be educated on weight management, balanced diet, selection of right food, proper eating habits and weight related health issues both under nutrition and over nutrition. It is recommended that the nutrition education should be imparted in a way that children are also involved in an activity, take interest in learning and in future apply it in daily life. Adequate nutrition is a significant requirement for adolescent because it affects their growth and development. Furthermore, nutritional status can have an effect on their response to illness. Because of this, researchers are interested in the relationship of nutrient intake in childhood to the development of later chronic disease. A nutritional assessment should be conducted on adolescent so that their nutrition status in turn their health status can be identified. In order to determine whether children who participate in a structured childcare setting are receiving proper nutrition for adequate nutritional status, researchers must use nutritional assessments reviewing anthropometric measurements, hemoglobin and blood lipid levels, blood pressure and dietary intakes etc. So out of interest in our article after studying the clinical aspects, biochemical analysis was done in the selected adolescents of Vijayawada and Chennai.