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NUTRITION IN ADOLESCENT GIRLS: NUTRIENT INTAKE, DIETARY PATTERNS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR BONE AND CARDIOMETABOLIC HEALTH — A CRITICAL NARRATIVE REVIEW
Sanja Hlubuček Čingel
; General County Hospital Požega, Osječka 107, 34000 Požega, Croatia; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Josipa Huttlera 4, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
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Branislav Čingel
; General County Hospital Požega, Osječka 107, 34000 Požega, Croatia; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Josipa Huttlera 4, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
Tea Medved
; Sveti Duh University Hospital, Sveti Duh 64, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Tomislav Paun
; General County Hospital Požega, Osječka 107, 34000 Požega, Croatia
Matea Paun
; General County Hospital Požega, Osječka 107, 34000 Požega, Croatia
Bruno Dokozić
; General County Hospital Požega, Osječka 107, 34000 Požega, Croatia
Leonardo Jukić
; General County Hospital Požega, Osječka 107, 34000 Požega, Croatia
Klaudija Jukić
; General County Hospital Požega, Osječka 107, 34000 Požega, Croatia
Rajna Letinović
; General County Hospital Požega, Osječka 107, 34000 Požega, Croatia
Luka Zvekić
; General County Hospital Požega, Osječka 107, 34000 Požega, Croatia
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Sažetak
Adolescence is a period of rapid growth, pubertal maturation and development of dietary habits. This critical narrative review examines nutrient intake, dietary patterns and their associations with bone and cardiometabolic health in adolescent girls. PubMed was searched iteratively up to 9 October 2026 using combinations of terms for adolescent girls, dietary intake, iron, folate, calcium, vitamin D, bone health and dietary patterns, including studies from the European Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence (HELENA) project. Studies were selected purposively, prioritising sex-stratified observational data, European and Croatian studies, systematic reviews and randomised trials. In the European nutrient-intake analysis (n = 1,590; 859 girls), median intakes among girls aged 13–15 and 15–17.5 years were approximately 9.6 and 9.8 mg/day for iron, 722 and 661 mg/day for calcium, 187 and 195 µg/day for folate, and 1.8 µg/day for vitamin D in both groups. These estimates must not be interpreted as the prevalence of biochemical deficiency. Other analyses from the same project associated greater recreational screen exposure with less favourable dietary patterns, while a Croatian cross-sectional study linked selected dietary habits with elevated blood pressure. Systematic reviews of calcium and vitamin D trials showed limited and outcome-specific skeletal benefits in generally healthy young people. Taken together, the evidence favours dietary adequacy and whole-diet approaches rather than indiscriminate supplementation. Interpretation is constrained by cross-sectional designs, selection bias, heterogeneous outcomes and older European datasets. Further representative, sex-specific longitudinal and intervention studies are needed.
Ključne riječi
adolescent girls; nutrient intake; dietary patterns; bone health; micronutrients
Hrčak ID:
353389
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Datum izdavanja:
2.11.2026.
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