Unhealthy eating practices leading towards increase intake of junk or fast foods, intake of carbonated beverages, low hygienic practices, skipping of breakfast and low intake of fruits and vegetables among adolescents of this era. Junk food include those foods having zero nutritional values and contain more fat, sugar, artificial flavors, salts, and several additives and mostly taken by adolescents and leading towards risk of chronic diseases i.e., obesity and most probably cause micronutrient deficiencies. This study aimed to determine different causes and factors unhealthy eating practices and behaviors and how they can affect nutritional status among adolescents which recent studies show the increase consumption of fast foods, carbonated and energy drinks lead to cancers, cardiovascular disorders, diabetes, lack of concentration and several GI tract illness.
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