Optimal growth and development : are teenagers getting enough micronutrients from their diet?

The teenage years represent a crucial period of physical and cognitive growth and development with sufficient micronutrient intakes necessary to meet high nutritional requirements. This review examines current micronutrient intakes in teenagers in the Western world in the context of public health implications including the prevalence of inadequate intakes and risk of excessive intakes. Intakes of vitamins A, D, E and C, folate, calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc and potassium in teenagers are low when compared to generally accepted recommendations, while there is little risk of excessive micronutrient intakes based on current dietary patterns. Therefore, strategies should focus on increasing micronutrient intakes in order to decrease the risk of negative impacts resulting from these low intakes. These strategies should be mindful of guidance towards an environmentally sustainable diet whilst ensuring that nutrient intakes in teenagers are not further negatively impacted. In order to identify, implement and monitor the effectiveness of such strategies, intakes of micronutrients should be continually monitored in nationally representative samples of the population for all age groups including this vulnerable cohort of teenagers.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Enthalten in:

The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society - (2024) vom: 04. März, Seite 1-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Walsh, Niamh M [VerfasserIn]
Flynn, Albert [VerfasserIn]
Walton, Janette [VerfasserIn]
Kehoe, Laura [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adequacy
Bone health
Cognitive health
Excess
Journal Article
Micronutrients
Review
Teenagers

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Date Revised 24.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1017/S002966512400017X

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369234545