One's Youth
Early Life
noun
The young approximate is the approximate age of when you were young. This, approximately, is one's youth or early life.
The reading is 若い and 頃 combined into one.
若い頃は食べ物について気にしなかったけど、今はお医者さんに糖尿病予備軍だって言われたので、食べ物に気をつけるようになったし、いつもレシピに書かれてるよりも少ない砂糖を入れるようにもなりました。
When I was young, I didn’t care about what I ate, but now I do and I always add a little less sugar than the recipe calls for because my doctor told me that I’m at risk for diabetes.