However, in a redshirt year, student athletes may attend classes at the college or university, practice with an athletic team, and dress for play but may not compete in games. Using this mechanism, a student athlete has up to five academic years to use the four years of eligibility, thus becoming a fifth-year senior.
According to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010, sedentary teen girls ages 13 to 18 need about 1,600 to 1,800 calories a day, while sedentary teen boys within the same age range require about 2,000 to 2,400 calories daily to maintain healthy body weights.
The average number of calories a teenager should burn a day depends on fitness goals. When caloric intake and burn are equal -- a state known as a caloric balance -- your teen's weight will remain consistent. If he needs to lose weight, calories burned must exceed the number of calories consumed.