Discuss why under nutrition is a problem for some adolescent females in the United States


The widespread practice of dieting among adolescent females places them at risk for under nutrition. The results of the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey found adolescent girls engaging in extreme weight-loss behaviors, such as vomiting, using laxatives, or taking diet pills. Some 47 percent of high school students reported they were trying to lose weight.

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An early symptom of vitamin A deficiency is ________.

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