Poverty is a condition to which most people strive to avoid as it is an unacceptable concept which is far removed from modern day living. It has been affecting third world countries like Africa and the people get trapped in these cycles of poverty. Those trapped in these cycles often try to escape this pattern but are unable to due to the poor work ethic and lack of standard education. With such deprivation, there will …showed first 75 words of 786 total…

…showed last 75 words of 786 total…and energy'. Even though the adolescents know that dietary intake plays a significant role in social and emotional development as well as physical growth, they still ignore these needs due to peer pressure. As such, adolescents who have dietary restriction which leads to retarded growth will become stunted adults who are less productive and will lag further behind as time passes. Hence, as explained, individual's responsibility cannot be excluded when discussing ones growth and development.