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What to Eat. Most teens need five to ten servings of grains or starchy foods per day, two to three servings of fruit, three to five servings of meat or other protein-rich foods, two to three servings of vegetables, four to five servings of dairy and two to four servings of fat each day.
It is a good idea for vegetarian teens, and especially teenage girls, to make sure they eat a food that has a large amount of vitamin C with at least two meals each day, especially meals with legumes. This is because vitamin C greatly increases iron absorption of plant foods.