Nutrition experts agree that diets don't work. Instead, lifelong healthy habits are recommended. These include healthy eating and physical activity. Teens are more likely to include exercise in their weight control plans than adults. Be a good role model-exercise and eat a healthy diet.
Teens can help plan family meals, prepare shopping lists and shop for food.
They can also help prepare family meals. Parents can encourage physical activity. Don't assume that teens are getting all the exercise they need at school. Unless they participate in team sport, most are not. Named products are used for clarification and ease of discussion only and are not necessarily endorsed or promoted by the University of California Cooperative Extension.