Akwai taƙaitaccen bayanai game da girma da bunƙasa matasa masu cin ganyayyaki, amma nazarin batun ya nuna cewa kusan babu bambance-bambance tsakanin masu cin ganyayyaki da waɗanda ba masu cin ganyayyaki ba. A yammacin duniya, 'yan mata masu cin ganyayyaki sukan kai ga lokacin haila kadan kadan fiye da wadanda ba masu cin ganyayyaki ba. Duk da haka, ba duka karatu ba ne ke goyan bayan wannan magana. Idan kuma, farkon jinin haila yana faruwa tare da ɗan jinkiri, to wannan ma yana da wasu fa'idodi, kamar rage haɗarin cutar kansar nono da kiba.
Abincin cin ganyayyaki yana da wasu fa'idodi dangane da kasancewar abinci mai mahimmanci da abinci mai gina jiki a cikin abincin da aka ɗauka. Misali, an lura matasa masu cin ganyayyaki suna cin fiber, iron, folate, bitamin A, da bitamin C fiye da takwarorinsu marasa cin ganyayyaki. Matasan masu cin ganyayyaki kuma suna cin 'ya'yan itatuwa da kayan marmari, da ƙarancin kayan zaki, abinci mai sauri, da kayan ciye-ciye masu gishiri. Mafi mahimmancin abubuwa masu mahimmanci ga masu cin ganyayyaki sune calcium, bitamin D, baƙin ƙarfe da bitamin B12.
Abincin cin ganyayyaki ya ɗan fi shahara a tsakanin samari tare da wani nau'i na rashin narkewar abinci; don haka, masu ilimin abinci ya kamata su kasance da hankali game da ƙananan abokan ciniki waɗanda ke ƙoƙarin iyakance zaɓin abincinsu kuma suna nuna alamun rashin cin abinci. Amma a lokaci guda, bincike na baya-bayan nan ya nuna cewa tattaunawar ba gaskiya ba ce, kuma hakan Ɗaukar cin ganyayyaki a matsayin babban nau'in abinci ba ya haifar da wata cuta mai narkewaa maimakon haka, ana iya zaɓar cin ganyayyaki don kawar da rashin narkewar abinci a halin yanzu.
Tare da kulawa da shawarwari a fannin tsara tsarin abinci, cin ganyayyaki shine zabi mai kyau da lafiya ga matasa.