Teenage Nutrition In The United States

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Teenage nutrition in the United States is very bad. I'm pretty sure the United States are among the countries with the highest obesity rates. Teen nutrition is very important because their bodies are growing. A lot of people gets confused on what a healthy diet is. There are foods that are marked low-fat but here are other things like carbs and sugars in it that can promote weight gain and other effects. Another thing is that people in America consume a lot of processed foods. Preservatives and chemicals are put in these foods that make people fat. As you can see, an American teenager like myself should start tweaking my diet so I won't be part of the bad statistics. I am not that athletic, the only exercise I get out of school is riding my

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