Nutritional requirements in adolescence

Nutritional requirements in adolescence

Adolescence nutrition is very critical in current scenario where there is increase in obesity in teenagers. In this lecture, we cover following topics 

• Adolescence – Introduction to the Phase  
• The changes during adolescence 
• Nutritional Requirements 
• Eating Patterns and Behaviour
• Food Consumption and Health Status
• Vicious Cycle of Malnutrition
• Adolescents’ Nutrition: Need of the hour
• Global and National Measures

Agatha Betsy, PhD is a Senior Specialist, Nutrition Strategy and Communications at Mondelez India Foods Private Limited, Mumbai

 Education:

•       Trained in Nutrition with MSc (Food and Nutrition) from Isabella Thoburn college, Lucknow.
•       Recipient of NET/JRF (UGC-2006) and pursued PhD from National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR- NIN), Hyderabad. 

Corporate Experience includes Regulatory, Scientific and Nutrition Affairs including Development of corporate Nutrition and Wellbeing Strategy and Policies, Nutrition Claims and Communications development and substantiation, nutrition education and socialization, nutrition advocacy.

External Advocacy Areas: Front of Pack labelling, Fortification, Advertisement and Claims requirements, Nutraceutical and Food for Special Dietary uses.

Area of interest:

Regulatory and Nutrition Advocacy, Nutritional strategy and policy development, Nutrition Education, Epidemiology and Public Health, Nutrition various during physiological stages, Micronutrients’ interactions and metabolism, Mindful snacking.

Any nutritionist, home science graduate or food technologist who wants to learn about practical aspects of adolescent nutrition.

After the completion of the lecture, the participant will get the certificate by FoodTech Pathshala.