Identify and give a brief description of four key requirements for a healthy diet for adolescents.

I would think that the dietary guidelines for adolescents
must include an educational component to it.  Adolescents need to understand why they
are ingesting what they are taking in their bodies and also understand the dangerous of
malnutrition in their diets. They also need to understand the implications for future
health  For example, adolescents need to understand that poor Calcium intake during
adolescents could result in poor bone structure and substantiation as they get older.  I
would also think that most adolescent diets have to control the excesses that come with
the age.  Minimizing "snacking" on unhealthy foods or teaching them how to snack
properly might be part of a set of dietary guidelines.  Instead of reaching for a candy
bar, teaching adolescents to reach for fruit or cheese is vitally important.  When
thirsty, drinking water over carbonated drinks is another essential element.  The idea
of providing balance in a diet and to ensure that there is sufficient representation of
vitamin intake as well as education as to why these eating habits are so important are
essential to any adolescent diet.