women ° food © travel . Teenage junk food junkies may be overloading system By WILLIAM SILBERG CLEVELAND (UPI) - A Cleveland Clinic pediatrician says he fears many youngsters are gorging themselves on high-calorie “junk” foods and beverages that could overload their systems and affect their behavior. Dr Derrick Lonsdale says some behavior frequently accepted as typical of teenagers really might be symptoms of what has become popularly known as ‘the yunk phenomenon — food Lonsdale calls it marginal malnutrition hidden probably He says Wtoisa problem that affects a lot. of young people The results can include a wide vamety of functional symptoms ranging from headaches to | personality changes, Lonsdale said in an ; interview, “PE othink 1s) going un- recognized,” Lonsdale said “L think ats being treated as Neuroses nervousness just plain bullheadededness ot Its) his personality know he's growing up The problem actually might be one of a dict ipped yertously out of balance by “yunk foods said Lonsdale, who heads the biochemical genetics section at Cleveland Clinie’s Centre for Children and Youth “Em referring particularly to what dicticians and you e can loo nutritionists call naked or empty calories,” he said. “the high-carbohydrate foods which don't contain any vitamin or mineral supportive qualities at all. “I really believe that the most dangerous aspect is the high-calorie drinks they're taking, the carbonated beverages. things = like powdered sweet drinks, the trust drinks,” he said. “AHL of these things are being taken by a number of children and absolutely fantastic amounts,” Lonsdale said — | think the Ive secon was 98 gallons of Cola in two months — adolescents in record Added to that the wide he said ots assortment of generally sweet “filler foods snack tems and candy that til grocery store shelves afte and many cupboards refrigerators at home ‘To othink the problem ts that kids are hungry and and thats a normal Phenomenon They should be “ Lonsdale said “But they come home from school they indulge this natural taste for sweet things ~ he said “bvery body's telling them theres no danger attached to Chis fastenergy | There ts a danger Lon sdale said Scientifically we have reason to belreve that thas approach to diet aus changing the balance of neurological transmussion whieh os the hallmack of the funcQon of the brain amd the central Depvous system he sar Itomeans that the quality CONTINUED ON PAGE CLO erself: Page SURVIVING | des- pite the odds, this 3% week old doe fawn gets a rare taste of sunshine. The fawn, usually kept indoors, . enjoys the company ‘of a sheep and two very curious goats at its Maplewood Children’s Farm home. They don’t usually live, but Flora the fawn seems healthy enough. She was brought to Maplewood when she was four days old. (Eric Eggert- son photo) FREE IN HOME ESTIMATES make the right choice... Shop at Home Carpet Sales NORTH SHORE: NORTH BURNABY: SOUTH BURNABY 987-5580 251-4211 435-1916 SHOWROOM 7538 Royal Oak, Bby. SALES OF FICE #119 255 West Ist St (Watertront Place) - North Vancouver ° Rick Thomas ell pope pack