What are the risk factors for hypertension among adolescents? What changes to the diet are recommended for adolescents diagnosed with hypertension? What is the diagnostic criteria for Stage I and Stage II hypertension in adolescents?

•Read the attachments which are chapters 14 and Chapter 15 the name of the book that the attachments (Pages) from is, Nutrition Through the Life cycle 5th edition by Judith E. Brown.
• Answer the following questions using your own words with short answers as needed (and citing the page number and author/year of your book in the text with the answer to the question) List a complete citation for your textbook at the end of the paper). The answers should be written in a way that makes sense in response to each question. Be sure to spell check and proofread please.
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1. What are the risk factors for hypertension among adolescents? What changes to the diet are recommended for adolescents diagnosed with hypertension? What is the diagnostic criteria for Stage I and Stage II hypertension in adolescents?

2. What percentage of adolescents in the United States have elevated cholesterol levels? What are the risk factors? Does early intervention make a difference in later cardiovascular disease? What are the dietary recommendations for adolescents with hyperlipidemia?

3. What percentage of female and male adolescents have dieted in the past month to lose weight? Why is a focus on making healthy lifestyle changes better than a focus on dieting? Is body dissatisfaction related to dieting? If so, how? At what age does body dissatisfaction typically occur in females?

4. What percentage of adolescents are estimated to have anorexia nervosa? What is the percent of those diagnosed with anorexia nervosa that die from the disease? What causes their death? What is the diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa?

5. What is the diagnostic criteria for bulimia? What percent of individuals diagnosed with bulimia die from it? What are the two types of bulimia? What are examples of inappropriate compensatory behaviors other than purging?

6. What is the diagnostic criteria for Binge Eating Disorder? Is Binge Eating Disorder associated with regular use of inappropriate compensatory behaviors?

7. Which health professionals are usually on a health care team caring for an adolescent with an eating disorder? What is the goal of an eating-disorder treatment program? What determines whether an individual is treated through an outpatient program, day treatment program, or inpatient treatment?

8. Why are teen’s iron needs higher? When are iron needs at their highest for adolescent males and females? What laboratory tests are the most sensitive indicators of iron stores? Why are these measures not frequently used in medical settings? What measures are used in their place that are less sensitive measures of iron stores?

9. What are the risk factors for a child or adolescent becoming overweight or obese? What percent of U.S. adolescents are overweight and what percent are obese? What percent of overweight adolescents can be expected to remain overweight into adulthood?

10. What are the health implications of adolescent overweight and obesity? How often should adolescents be screened for appropriateness of height to weight? What do the national guidelines recommend for the treatment of child and adolescent overweight and obesity? What are the stages? How is it determined which stage is appropriate?