One of the key things I emphasise in all my work around adolescents, is the importance of safe adult allies, or «lighthouses» — safe guides who are not their parents who help our teens through the turbulence of adolescence.
First, the turbulenceof peer relationships during adolescence (Holmbeck, Friedman, Abad, & Jandasek, 2006) could be a source of distress that directly affects metabolic control.