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Healthy Teen Lunch Menu Guide
1. Healthy Lunch Menu
An ideal healthy lunch menu for young
teenagers
Types of food a growing body needs
Find out the recommended amount of
calories per day for a teenager
Find out how many calories are in your
lunch, and work out if it’s good or bad for
you
Your 5 a day
2. Ideal teenage lunch
Tuna pasta salad (with coleslaw)
1 medium cup of fruit salad
A slice of banana cake
Pure orange juice (unsweetened)
Remember: keep yourself hydrated
3. Types of food a growing body
needs
Healthy food is what a growing body needs
Your body is made up of billions of individual cells,
each specially designed to perform its own job.
Whether it is a liver cell, a skin cell, a nerve cell, a
blood cell or any other type of cell that exists in your
body, it needs to be well nourished in order to do its
job. Every one of your cells needs water, oxygen, and
nutrients in order to live and work. The nutrients
include carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and
minerals.
4. Amount of calories per day for a teenager
An average teenage girl needs between 1,800 and 2,400
calories each day
Teenage boys require 1,800 to 3,200 calories each day
depending on their age. Males between the ages of 11
and 13 need 1,800 to 2,600 calories; those ages 14 to 18
need 2,200 to 3,200 calories per day
The amount of calories a teen needs each day also
depends on how active he/she is. The more a teen
exercises, the more calories he/she needs. Moderately
active teenage girls need 1,600 to 2,000 calories a day
5. How many calories in your lunch? Is it
good or bad?
In a tuna pasta salad, there are approximately 500
calories.
In a medium cup of fruit salad, there are around
312 calories.
Banana cake contains 323 calories in one slice, and
21 percent of the calories are found in fat, 74% in
carbohydrates and 5% in protein.
In a pure orange juice (unsweetened), there is
around 60 calories.
6. Your 5 a day
Your 5 a day can be any fruit. For example: 1 Apple, 1
Ripe banana, a handful of grapes, 4/5 strawberries
and a slice of any type of melon.
Or you can just eat a medium cup of fruit salad, which
usually contains lots of different types of fruits you
can have.
7. Top tips on keeping healthy
Eat a nutritious breakfast
Eat a variety of foods (moderation)
Get moving, keep fit
Participate on activities you enjoy
Choose healthy snack
Drink plenty of water
Having fun IS important