The dangers of dieting and weight loss during adolescence

Nowadays, bone beauty is what everyone is looking for, and during adolescence, both men and women, the amount of body fat will increase significantly, especially girls, especially obvious, in order to shape a slim figure, many people have been exposed to weight loss since adolescence, with dieting as the main way, what are the hazards of dieting and weight loss during adolescence?

Affect the onset of menstruation

The impact of dieting on girls is relatively large, because there is no diet plan, just a starvation, insufficient intake of nutrients, will disrupt the body's original normal endocrine system, adolescent girls themselves are in the reproductive endocrine system development period, blind dieting to lose weight, the body's fat intake is too low, will lead to women's menstrual flow or even amenorrhea, menstrual pain and menstrual disorders and other symptoms.

Impact on height development

In addition to childhood, adolescence is the fastest growing period of the human body, which requires a lot of nutrients to promote the body's metabolism, replenish energy and promote the secretion of growth hormone, dieting will only lead to a lack of nutrients, which will affect height.

Affect the development of secondary sexual characteristics

During puberty, sex hormones are secreted and the second sex characteristics gradually begin to appear, which means that the body begins to mature. Excessive dieting and weight loss, with insufficient nutrient supplementation, will lead to endocrine disorders and affect the normal development of the second sex characteristics.

Affects the development of IQ

When dieting, the food eaten is usually vegetables and fruits, and rarely eat meat, which will lead to a lack of minerals, proteins and other nutrients, and research has found that long-term dieting in young girls will lead to anemia, slow growth and development, and the development of IQ will also be limited, affecting learning and thinking ability.

Severe rebound

Adolescent dieting to lose weight may have a certain effect, but when the normal diet will be applied, the fat cells will regain their original elasticity and accelerate expansion due to the long inhibition, and the fat absorption rate will increase and rebound severely.

Nutrient deficiency

1, adolescence in the body bag in the vigorous, high activity, the body's nutritional needs increase, both to meet the growth and development, but also to meet the needs of learning life, dieting will lead to insufficient intake of various nutrients in the body, which in turn causes physical disease. 2, insufficient protein intake, will make the development of delayed, resistance to decline, intellectual development is affected, seriously cause malnutrition edema, endocrine disorders. 3, a variety of vitamin intake family will cause vitamin deficiency, vitamin b2 deficiency can lead to foot disease; vitamin C deficiency can lead to scurvy; vitamin D deficiency can cause abnormal bone metabolism, the body does not grow tall or bone deformation; vitamin A deficiency can cause night blindness. 4, a variety of inorganic salts and insufficient intake of trace elements will affect bone development, gonadal development, hindering the normal growth of the body.