A balanced diet is essential for adolescents. Which of the following complications may arise due to lack of balanced diet?

Delayed sexual maturation.

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Hair fall and illness.

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Arrested or slowed linear growth.

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Both A and C.

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Solution

The correct option is D
Both A and C.

Nutrition and physical growth are integrally related; optimal nutrition is a requisite for adolescents to achieve full growth potential. Failure to consume an adequate diet at this time can result in delayed sexual maturation and can arrest or slow linear growth. Nutrition is also important during this time to help prevent adult diet-related chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and osteoporosis.

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