Teenage girls' junk food diet leading to health problems later in life

The Telegraph ^ | 7/9/2011 | unk.

[Signalman]

Nutritionists have discovered that a diet of pizza, sweets, and sugary drinks is taking a severe toll on the health of young women which is having implications as they get older.

A study has concluded that teenage girls are shunning fruit, vegetables and oily fish, leading to almost half of teenage girls being dangerously low in key nutrients, such as iron, magnesium and selenium.

Iron, found in products such as red meat and green vegetables is vital for the production of healthy red blood cells and helps to keep the brain healthy. Magnesium from shellfish helps keep bones strong while selenium is beneficial to the immune system.

[Praxeologue]

Here is a summary of studies on the inflammation topic, if you can wade through the ads:

http://articles.cnn.com/2008-10-16/health/healthmag.cholesterol.inflammation_1_c-reactive-protein-bad-cholesterol-inflammation?_s=PM:HEALTH

The recommendation is still to keep LDL low and HDL high.