nUTRITION IN ADOESCENTS

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Adolecent body image & information


What: Nutrition, Weight, communication, 

Nutrition: What to eat for weight loss, also parents giving their children balanced meals opposed to school lunch pizza, for example. 

Weight: Emphasized different body types. 

Communication: Educate children on proper ways to lose weight. 


Poetry, and digital art

 
 

I stand at 5’2” and 97lbs

Every time I step on the scale nothing changes

My diet of Iced Caramel Macchiatos and various hot chips seems to make no difference

I know that I’m starving myself, my body is receiving no nutrients


Just two pounds lighter and I'll finally be happy

To everyone else I have the perfect body, 

but by what standard of beauty. 


All I can see is this stomach pouch choosing to be stubborn

Completely unaware of my own persistence. 

Just two pounds lighter and I’ll finally be happy


Kiya tries to feed me, 

I reject the french toast and eggs 

Turning my head as the full fork nears my unwilling mouth


Two pounds lighter and I’ll finally be happy

Two pounds lighter

 and I’ll finally be the beautiful daughter my mother wanted 

minus the belly fat pinching and sarcastic comments. 


I know what to eat to keep the weight off

Kiya offers to work out with me 

“Do it the healthy way” 

What does that even mean?


Eat less

the only way my mother taught me. 

It’s just two more pounds after all.