Health Guidelines for girls

Health Guidelines for Teenage Girls

by James Kronefield on Jun 1, 2009

Teenage girls in particular are at risk of harming their bodies with so called radical diet programs because they are trying to keep up with what Hollywood espouses to be the ultimate weight for a girl to have. It is no wonder parents are left to struggle with how to prepare healthy meals for teenage girls who are trying to diet themselves silly to keep up with the latest Hollywood “it” girl.

Here is a guideline for healthy eating for teenage girls. It is recommended that teenage girls eat the following servings per day:

* 5-11 servings from the bread, cereals, rice, pasta, noodles group

An example of one serve is 2 slices of bread; 1 medium bread roll; 1 cup of cooked rice, pasta or noodles; or 1 1/3 cup of breakfast cereal flakes.

There is an allowance of about 30g a day for poly or monounsaturated fats and oils that can be used to spread on breads or rolls or used elsewhere in the diet.

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