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Health and Fitness for Teen Girls
Body Image
Becoming a teen is delightful but challenging. Bizarre bumps pop up on your skin, and your body is curvy and more attractive. Emotions alternate through a cycle of happy, sad, mad, glad and back again. Here are several tips on mastering changes and discovering how to love your body image.
Body Image – Information on loving yourself plus links to body image resources.
Body Image and Media – Report on how media hype influences teen body image perception.
Body Image Propaganda – Popular magazines may send a distorted message to teens about body image and self-esteem.
Body Image Survival – Fact sheet on improving your body image while avoiding media pressure to conform.
Girls and Self-Esteem – Tips to cultivating healthy self-esteem.
Eating Right
Understanding how to eat right and getting the appropriate balance of nutrients is easy. Obtain facts from reliable sources like healthcare professionals, nutritionists, and trusted adults rather than contemporary fad diets. Here are several suggested sources to get you started on the right foot.
Food Pyramid - Learn how to make healthy food choices and balance your diet.
To Diet or Not? – Decide if dieting is a good choice for you.
Natural Supplements for Teens – Tips for healthy ways to add natural nutrients to a teen diet.
Teens and Diets – Tips on eating healthy and avoiding diet risks.
Teens and Nutrition – Interactive guide to food and nutrition planning.
Teen Nutrition – Follow these eating right basics for great nutrition.
Fitness
Fitness is more than just exercise. Daily activities are easier and you feel energized when you maintain a whole-body fitness level, but you do not have to pump iron or perform hundreds of crunches to achieve fitness. Follow these recommended tips and find out how to work daily bits of movement into a busy routine.
Reduce Belly Fat – Get the answer to this and other food and fitness questions.
Fitness for Kids – Simple step-by-step guide to an easy fitness routine.
Fitness Tips - 10 fitness tips.
Physical Fitness - Fact sheet on physical fitness for teens.
Eating Disorder Facts
Many teens struggle with eating problems as they try to sculpt growing bodies into the unrealistic stereotyped ideal bodies hyped on television, in magazines, and on movie screens. Most people are not a size two, nor should they be – humans come in all shapes and sizes. Learn how to celebrate being uniquely you and how to avoid eating disorders.
Bulimia Nervosa– Facts and suggestions for dealing with bulimia nervosa.
Eating Disorders – Learn the warning signs and find out where to get help.
Eating Disorders Overview – Concise overview of this serious health condition.
Keeping Up With Your Body
Throughout teen years, it seems you awake daily with a different body. Changes occur abruptly and keeping up with your body is bewildering. Here are some tips and resources to assist your acclimation to this current season of life.
The Holistic Teen - Learn how to achieve wellness in all life areas.
Physical Changes - Fact sheet about common teen physical changes.
Teens and Bones - Build and maintain strong bones.
Disabilities and Chronic Illness
Chronic Illness – Guide to common teen disabilities and chronic illnesses.
Chronic Illness and Special Needs – Guide to special needs and accommodations required for children with chronic illnesses.
Teens with Diabetes - Learn how to balance adolescence and diabetes.
Disability Resources – Links to resources for children with chronic illnesses and disabilities.
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