They are feeding their spirits and keeping themselves healthy. We know the quality of life maintained with a constant diet of junk food. Jesus calls himself the bread of life, the food that satisfies. Most adults have experienced what Elijah experienced, a feeling that life is too difficult to go on. Adults may be able to name what God and the faith community have offered them to cope with lifes sometimes long and grueling journey.
Teens are an anomaly.
They are either eating machines or they are on severe diets in order to lose weight and stay thin. It is especially important for them to be well nourished because they undergo so many physical and emotional changes at this time in life. Teens, especially girls, are confronted with eating disorders. Death can result if the disorder remains uncontrolled. Those who are not nourished by Christ can die as well.