Adolescent Nutrition and Health: a Critical Period for Nutritional Intervention to Prevent Long Term Health Consequences.

IF 5.5 3区医学 Q1 NUTRITION & DIETETICS

Current Nutrition Reports Pub Date : 2025-10-23 DOI:10.1007/s13668-025-00706-4

Janaki Parajuli, Pattaneeya Prangthip

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Purpose of review: This review aims to examine adolescent nutrition as a critical and often neglected component of global health agendas. Adolescence represents a period of rapid growth and development with increased nutritional and energy demands, remaining a 'hidden crisis' in nutritional health. The review explores the 'triple burden' of malnutrition affecting this population-undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and overnutrition-and analyzes the individual, social, environmental, and socio-economic factors influencing adolescent nutritional status.

Recent findings: Poor nutrition during adolescence has been linked to both immediate and long-term health consequences, including micronutrient deficiencies, obesity, and cardiometabolic conditions. Evidence suggests that adolescents' heightened receptivity to societal influences can be leveraged through targeted interventions. Family-led programs, environmental reforms, and comprehensive policy measures have shown promising results in promoting healthier nutritional behaviors among adolescents. The nutritional challenges facing adolescents require urgent attention through comprehensive, multi-sectoral strategies. Effective interventions during this critical developmental window can foster long-term health outcomes and help break intergenerational cycles of malnutrition. This review emphasizes the importance of prioritizing adolescent nutrition within global health initiatives to address this significant and often overlooked public health concern.

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青少年营养与健康：营养干预预防长期健康后果的关键时期。

综述目的：本综述旨在研究青少年营养作为全球卫生议程中一个关键但经常被忽视的组成部分。青春期是一个快速成长和发育的时期，营养和能量需求增加，仍然是营养健康方面的“隐性危机”。这篇综述探讨了影响这一人口的营养不良的“三重负担”——营养不足、微量营养素缺乏和营养过剩，并分析了影响青少年营养状况的个人、社会、环境和社会经济因素。最近的研究发现：青春期营养不良与近期和长期的健康后果有关，包括微量营养素缺乏、肥胖和心脏代谢疾病。有证据表明，可以通过有针对性的干预措施来提高青少年对社会影响的接受能力。家庭主导的项目、环境改革和综合政策措施在促进青少年更健康的营养行为方面取得了可喜的成果。青少年面临的营养挑战需要通过全面的多部门战略予以紧急关注。在这一关键的发育窗口期进行有效干预，可促进长期健康成果，并有助于打破营养不良的代际循环。本综述强调了在全球卫生行动中优先考虑青少年营养的重要性，以解决这一重大但往往被忽视的公共卫生问题。

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Current Nutrition Reports Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Food Science

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7.70

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2.00%

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期刊介绍： This journal aims to provide comprehensive review articles that emphasize significant developments in nutrition research emerging in recent publications. By presenting clear, insightful, balanced contributions by international experts, the journal intends to discuss the influence of nutrition on major health conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and obesity, as well as the impact of nutrition on genetics, metabolic function, and public health. We accomplish this aim by appointing international authorities to serve as Section Editors in key subject areas across the field. Section Editors select topics for which leading experts contribute comprehensive review articles that emphasize new developments and recently published papers of major importance, highlighted by annotated reference lists. We also provide commentaries from well-known figures in the field, and an Editorial Board of more than 25 internationally diverse members reviews the annual table of contents, suggests topics of special importance to their country/region, and ensures that topics and current and include emerging research.