Youth’s Nutrition
Role of the Pharmacist

Dr Wael Ali Ali

General Secretary of EMROpharm-FIP Forum

• Eating Healthy. The best way your teen can maintain a healthy weight is to eat a diet rich in whole grains, fruits, vegetables, no-fat or low-fat milk products, beans, eggs, fish, nuts, and lean meats. Eating healthfully means getting the right balance of nutrients.

• Why is nutrition important during youth?
• The physical benefits of proper nutrition are endless: it gives children the energy to live life to the full, protects against malnourishment, maintains the immune system, prevents obesity and reduces the risk of chronic disease. Some important nutrients for children include: Calcium strengthens bones.

• Why is nutrition especially important in puberty?
• Healthy eating during adolescence is important as body changesduring this time affect an individual's nutritional and dietary need
• How is nutrition important?
• A healthy diet throughout life promotes healthy pregnancy outcomes, supports normal growth, development and ageing, helps to maintain a healthy body weight, and reduces the risk of chronic disease leading to overall health and well-being.
• • What nutrition do we need daily?
  The six essential nutrients are vitamins, minerals, protein, fats, water, and carbohydrates.

• What is the difference between nutrition and nutrients?
• The short answer to your question is that “nutrients” are specificwhile “nutrition” is much more general. Think about it this way: Several nutrients together in your food make up your nutrition. However, one nutrient by itself is not nutrition

• How Does Poor Nutrition Affect Us?
• being overweight or obese.
• tooth decay.
• high blood pressure.
• high cholesterol.
• heart disease and stroke.
• type-2 diabetes.
• osteoporosis.
• some cancers

• What a human body needs daily?
• Carbohydrates are necessary for a healthy body. Carbs fuel your body, especially your central nervous system and brain,

• Protein provides the building blocks of the body, and not just for muscle. Every cell, from bone to skin to hair, contains protein.
• A startling 16 percentof the average person’s body weight is from protein. Protein is used primarily for growth, health, and body maintenance.
• All of your hormones, antibodies, and other important substances are composed of protein. Protein is not used to fuel the body unless necessary.

Fats:

• The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends that 20 to 35 percent of your daily calories come from fat, but the World Health Organization suggests keeping it under 30 percent of your calories.