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Teen girls eat substantially worse than teen boys and older women, according to preliminary results of a UK Nutrition survey. Girls consumed about 13% of their daily calories from saturated fat which is higher than the recommended daily max on 11%.

Teen girls unhealthy habits do not stop at junk food; 29% reported smoking cigarettes oppose to 16% of boys, 11% of girls between 13 – 15 drank alcohol weekly compared with 1% of boys.  The girls calorie consumption as a whole was lacking in fruits and veggies with 2.8% reporting they ate any per day, the girls also didn’t eat enough iron rich foods placing them at risk of becoming anemic.

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