Essay On Eating Habits

“Teenagers need to be eating a variety of foods from the five food groups--breads/cereals, lean meat and meat substitutes, vegetables, fruit and dairy--every day," Professor David Crawford from Deakin University said ( Science Daily, 2007 ) Are current Australian adolescent food habits having a negative impact upon the health and well-being of the individual? In today’s generation, some adolescents around Australia still have good eating habits whilst the others demonstrate rather unhealthy lifestyle or poor food habits. Consuming unhealthy foods will indeed impact upon the future health and well-being of Australian adolescents. In order to improve the poor eating habits of adolescents, recommendations will be given to further assist individuals, schools, the local community, the Australian food industry and the Australian Government to help overcome these concerning issues to ensure a positive future in the health and well-being of Australian adolescents.
Teenagers in today’s society consume foods that are high saturated fat like pies, cakes and biscuits, fatty cuts of meat, sausages and bacon, and cheese and cream which are so bad for the body’s health. National spokeswoman for the Heart Foundation Kellie-Ann Jolly said "We are seeing a drop in physical activity combined with eating far too much saturated fat," she said. "Food like pastries and cake, which were once occasional, have become daily." She added (Carroll, 2014) Too much saturated fat negatively impacts the future health and well-being of adolescents resulting in heart disease, stroke and; in fact, saturated fat is the main dietary cause of high blood cholesterol. Many initiatives have been tried in past years or are in current use including the “Heart Foundati...

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...onsumption of high sugary foods, it is strongly recommended that Australian adolescents should drink 8 glasses of water a day and lessen the consumption of sugary drinks such as soft drinks. Teens should also consider eating bitter-melon because it contains at least three active substances with anti-diabetic properties, including charantin, which has been confirmed to have a blood glucose lowering effect, vicine and an insulin-like compound known as Polypeptide-p. This substances help reduce the blood sugar levels. Lastly, the concern of eating less vegetables and fruits, Adolescents should start eating foods rich in folate such as dark green leafy vegetables, nuts, enriched grain products like bread, cereal, pasta and rice or fruit and fruit juices. If not a vegetarian or diet is restricted, it is recommended that teens should take multivitamins consulted by the