{"id":906,"date":"2024-12-03T02:09:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T02:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pedrocarvalhonutrition.pt\/nutrition-in-children-and-adolescents\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T15:23:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T15:23:36","slug":"nutrition-in-children-and-adolescents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pedrocarvalhonutrition.pt\/en\/nutrition-in-children-and-adolescents\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutrition in Children and Adolescents"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"906\" class=\"elementor elementor-906 elementor-319\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac0f2ac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ac0f2ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ac74d1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1ac74d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26cfc72 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26cfc72\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ebd2c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ebd2c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NUTRITION<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61cc04d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"61cc04d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a216be e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2a216be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63b6633 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"63b6633\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Your sustainable growth. Today, a better tomorrow. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16af3ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16af3ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nutrition during childhood and adolescence is a major concern for parents. Whether in the context of dietary <strong>re-education and weight contro<\/strong>l, or in <strong>optimising the performance of young athletes,<\/strong> our approach places great emphasis on <strong>speaking the same language as the child\/adolescent.<\/strong> <\/p><p>At this age, there is always a lot of tension <strong>between parents and children <\/strong>when it comes to food. Whether it is because of<strong> insistence on certain foods<\/strong> such as soup\/fruit\/vegetables, or <strong>refusal to give in to children&#8217;s demands<\/strong> to take <strong>certain supplements<\/strong>, it is important to keep the home environment peaceful and make <strong>realistic dietary recommendations<\/strong> <strong>without the paternalism<\/strong> that often surrounds \u201chealthy eating\u201d. <\/p><p>No one in childhood and adolescence likes the same foods they will like as an adult, and it is necessary to give time for <strong>this maturation of taste and reassure parents<\/strong> that they are doing everything in their power to improve their children&#8217;s diet.<\/p><p>The method for assessing body composition is exactly the <strong>same as for adults,<\/strong> with the measurement of <strong>various skinfolds and circumferences,<\/strong> since using only weight and height and the respective percentiles hides many of the changes that occur during 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