He eats Nutella in the morning and it makes you bristle … Of course, this ultra-caloric spread should be eaten with reason, but by frustrating him and forcing him your dietically correct fruit porridge, you will only hold him up. . “In adolescence, growing up without putting on weight means losing weight,” recalls Nathalie Négro. And the goal must first be to eat better rather than eat less. »So, unless your greedy one is really overweight (in which case, an appointment with a nutritionist will be able to help him), cunning rather than forbidding because, what he will no longer eat at home, he will ‘will swallow elsewhere.
I put her mouth watering at breakfast. Goes for the toast of spreadable paste but associated with a fruit juice 100% pure juice, or a smoothie, or with slices of kiwi and a yogurt. The idea: vary the pleasures and the intakes (carbohydrates, lipids, protein, fibers, vitamins…) so that he does not match his menu in the canteen with 5 slices of bread and 2 desserts.
I decrease the energy density of the evening meal. Two out of three college students eat in the canteen. It is therefore in the evening that you can act by starting the meal with raw vegetables (bet on a nice presentation), by cooking with little fat, always offering starchy foods and vegetables (pasta with ratatouille, asparagus risotto , homemade tabbouleh …), avoiding fatty meats and cold cuts in favor of poultry or a fish fillet (breaded with herbs and a crushed rusk), by offering yogurt rather than cheese, fruit ripe rather than a so-called “calcium-rich” dessert cream.
I keep the rituals. Family habits are reassuring for teens. So we keep the pizza giant Friday evening, the box of ravioli on Monday due to a busy family schedule, and a few transgressive evenings: special football TV set, Sunday pancake evening …
Teens don’t eat so badly
Teens = junk food?
FALSE responds to a recent study on teen health *. The consumption of sodas or fruit juices, which concerns about a quarter of young people, has not changed since 2006 while that of sweets has fallen (28% in 2006 to 24% in 2010). The consumption of fruits and vegetables has increased: 31% of fruit in 2006 against 39% in 2010, 42% of vegetables in 2006 against 44% in 2010. The only downside: the daily intake of breakfast has remained stable (58% college students). Almost half of the young people therefore go to school hungry, while the morning meal is the preferred one.
