The amount of calories you get are based on many different types of variations, like age, gender, needs, size, etc. The amount of calories the normal teens, need is between 2000-2500 calories. It's important to get enough calories as a teenager because you are still growing. After the teenage years, men in most cases still need more calories than women, but again there are variations. Normal men need somewhere around 2200-2500 calories and the normal women need somewhere around 1800-2200. There are calorie calculators on the internet if you're still interested. For example, through simple calculations I learned I needed somewhere between 2400-2700 calories a day. The variation here is primarily based on my activity levels.
Pictures: http://www.chartsgraphsdiagrams.com/HealthCharts/calorie-requirement.html
Information: http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm
By Joseph Verghese
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