Nutrition Intervention for Obesity Management Among Adolescents 16 18 Years

By: A, Jisha

The foundation of good health and sound mind is laid during the

childhood and adolescence period. According to World Health Organization

(WHO, 2011) "adolescence, the period of transition from childhood to

adulthood, is crucial in the life of human beings". WHO (2015) identifies

adolescents as young people between the ages of 10 and 19 years.

Adolescent growth reflects on the adult size and the productivity of the

future nation. Adolescents need special care, support and counselling.

India's future is in the hands of adolescents and depends on their health,

potential and contributions.

Being home to 243 million individuals in the age group 10 to 19

years, as reported by the WHO (2017), India has the largest population of

adolescents in the world. But the raising epidemic of overweight and

obesity greatly affects our adolescents. The number of obese children and

adolescents (aged 5 to 19 years) worldwide has risen tenfold in the past

four decades, from 11 million in 1975 to 124 million in 2016. An

additional 213 million added to overweight population in 2016, but fell

below the threshold of obesity. If post-2000 trends continue, more

children and adolescents will be obese by 2022 (WHO, 2017). Observing

this trend worldwide, the WHO (1998) designated obesity as a global

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
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• Release Date: January 1970
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