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Adolescent Nutrition Needs Worksheet
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Adolescent Nutrition Needs Worksheet
🤔 Part 1: What I Know and Wonder
1. List three things you already know about nutrition and how food affects your body:
2. What are two things you wonder about adolescent nutrition? What would you like to find out?
3. Circle all the changes that happen during adolescence:
Growth spurts
Brain development
Increased energy needs
Emotional changes
Stronger bones forming
🥗 Part 2: Key Nutrients Knowledge
4. Match each nutrient with its main role in your body during adolescence:
Protein
Calcium
Iron
Carbohydrates
Provides energy for daily activities
Builds strong bones and teeth
Helps build muscle and repair tissues
Carries oxygen in your blood
5. Why do adolescents need more nutrients than younger children?
They are growing taller and stronger
Their brains are still developing
They are more active
All of the above
6. Name two New Zealand foods that are good sources of protein:
1. ___________________ 2. ___________________
💭 Part 3: Nutrition and Wellbeing Reflection
7. How do you think good nutrition affects your mood and ability to concentrate at school?
8. Describe how you feel when you eat a healthy breakfast compared to when you skip breakfast:
9. Fill in the blanks: During adolescence, your body needs _________ nutrients to support _________ and brain _________. Eating well also helps improve your _________ and energy levels.
10. Set one nutrition goal for yourself this week:
This week I will: ________________________________________________
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