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SEETHALAKSHMI RAMASWAMI COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS
NUTRITION WEEK CELEBRATION
NUTRITION THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
3RD SEPTEMBER 2018:
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4TH SEPTEMBER 2018:

Changes during adolescence:

 During the whole period of adolescence the height increases by

25% and weight is increased by 50%.
 In girls, the growth spurt or rapid physical development begins
between the ages of 8 and 11 and reaches a peak at an average of
22 years.
 Motor performance reaches its peak at an average of 15 years
and in boys at about 18 years.
 Significant changes in the area of social development occur in the
period of adolescence.
 Adolescence is said to be a period of heightened emotionality. It is
a state of more than normal emotional experience.
 Logical, critical and analytical thinking skills develops at its peak.
 The characteristic changes include voice change, growth of
secondary sexual characters, thickening of skin, markable changes
in their character etc.
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Question: These changes can be sought out with the help of proper
diet that fulfill the nutritional requirements of an adolescent and an
extensive support from the parental side. Do they?

5th September 2018:

Nutritional needs of adolescence