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Adolescence happens to everyone. In between childhood
and adulthood, every person must experience the state of
being a teenager. This stage can be confusing and
frustrating, as teens try to discover who they are and
what they want for their futures, while at the same time
trying to cope with the changes their bodies are going
through and other influential outside challenges.
One of the most important things to understand as a teenager is how to
remain healthy through all of these changes. The
following information and resources will help you learn
more about a teenager’s body, their mental health,
physical health, teenage substance use, and sexuality.
Source:
http://www.guidetohealthcareschools.com/library/teen-health#ixzz131JnZyFv
Adolescence happens to everyone. In between childhood
and adulthood, every person must experience the state of
being a teenager. This stage can be confusing and
frustrating, as teens try to discover who they are and
what they want for their futures, while at the same time
trying to cope with the changes their bodies are going
through and other influential outside challenges.
One of the most important things to understand as a teenager is how to
remain healthy through all of these changes. The
following information and resources will help you learn
more about a teenager’s body, their mental health,
physical health, teenage substance use, and sexuality.
Source:
http://www.guidetohealthcareschools.com/library/teen-health#ixzz131JnZyFv
Adolescence happens
to everyone. In between childhood and adulthood, every person
must experience the state of being a teenager. This stage can be
confusing and frustrating, as teens try to discover who they are
and what they want for their futures, while at the same time
trying to cope with the changes their bodies are going through
and other influential outside challenges.
One of the most
important things to understand as a teenager is how to remain
healthy through all of these changes. The following information
and resources will help you learn more about a teenager’s body,
their mental health, physical health, teenage substance use, and
sexuality.
Explore a
comprehensive guide to Teen Health:
body, mental health, food and fitness, drugs and alcohol, and
sexual health. Visit:
http://kidshealth.org/teen/
Action For Healthy
Kids: teaching kids to be healthy!
Action
for Healthy Kids
addresses childhood
undernourishment, obesity
and prevention by working
with schools to help kids
learn to eat right and be
active every day. This focus
is because of the unique
position and influence that
schools have on children and
their families, in addition
to their responsibility to
provide nutrition and
physical education and their
many opportunities to
promote healthy eating and
active living.
http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/
School Nurse Online: Health
Activities for Kids
Cindy, a girl scout leader
shared the following
resource: She wanted to
show her troopers that their
suggestion was up and
running to help others. It
would also help the girls
feel that they contributed
positively to the lives of
others. We do our absolute
best to follow the Girl
Scout slogan of "Do a good
turn daily."
http://onlinedegrees.bradley.edu/school-nurse-online-health-activities-for-kids/
A Kids Guide
to Health and the Human Body
http://www.belairdentist.com/a-kids-guide-to-health-and-the-human-body/
Your body is a network of
different organs and systems
that all work together. Each
part of your body must be
kept healthy so that you can
enjoy doing things like
playing with your friends
and going to school. It’s
important to learn about the
body and how it works so
you’ll know how and why you
need to take good care of
all of its different parts.
Think of the skeletal system
of your body like the frame
of a house that is designed
to hold everything together.
This system helps protect
your organs and keep them
from getting injured. Your
ribcage protects organs like
the heart and lungs, and
your skull protects your
brain. The bones of your
skeletal system are linked
together with cartilage,
ligaments, and joints that
help your bones move. This
very important system in
your body is what helps you
run, jump, and play, and it
gives you your shape:
Without bones, you’d be a
pile of organs and muscles
on the floor! Inside of your
bones is a substance called
marrow that is filled with
red and white blood cells.
Healthy Nutrition for Your
Mouth, Gums and Teeth!
A healthy diet will help
your bones and muscles to
grow strong and for all of
your body's systems to work
together, so you can stay
healthy. Plus, a healthy
diet is necessary to keep
your mouth, gums and teeth
in good shape, too. Whatever
you eat first passes through
your mouth, and usually
requires some chewing with
your teeth and gums. If you
choose to eat unhealthy
foods regularly, it will be
very difficult to maintain a
healthy smile, even with
good dental practices like
brushing and flossing. Learn
about the best foods for
your dental health to keep
all your pearly whites
looking and feeling good.
Visit:
http://www.dentalcenter-in.com/healthy-nutrition-mouth-gums-teeth/
A Nurse's Guide to
Nutrition for Teens: The
Food Pyramid/Healthy Eating
Plate
https://onlinedegrees.bradley.edu/nursing/dnp/a-nurses-guide-to-nutrition-for-teens/
A Nurse's Guide to
Cholesterol and Maintaining
a Healthy Diet
https://online.maryville.edu/online-bachelors-degrees/rn-to-bsn/guide-to-cholesterol/
21 Steps to Aging
Successfully
Books
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Ellyn
Satter seems to direct this book at parents with minimal
cooking experience or desire. She explains useful tips for
adapting foods for little eaters and how to round out meals
with appealing vegetables and desserts. I love this book! A
great companion to Child Of Mine: Feeding with Love and
Good Sense, because it provides lots of recipes to help
apply the very sensible eating principles from Child Of
Mine. This book was written with a very simply and easy
approach to help understand a healthier diet. The style is
simple, has some really great ideas and advice. There are
recipes also. The book was just on so matter of fact without
all the glitz it applies common sense instead which was this
a wonderful book.
FEEDING RESPONSIBILITY IN CHILDREN:
https://www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/how-to-feed/the-division-of-responsibility-in-feeding/
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ELLYN SATTER
INSTITUTE:
https://www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/
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Weight Loss Confidential is the
first book written from the perspective of young people who succeeded at
losing weight and keeping it off — one that’s based on firsthand
accounts from teens and their parents about what works and what doesn’t
for weight management
Visit Anne's site to discover this book and her
many other excellent books:
http://annemfletcher.com/books/
Thin For
Life, Eating Thin For Life,
by Anne M. Fletcher, M.S., R.D., (2003), Houghton Mifflin
Company.
Includes: Anne shares the
integrated weight-loss secrets of 160 masters—who had
kept off at least 20 pounds for 3 years. Keys to Success
are: Believe That You Can Become Thin For Life, Take The Reins,
Do It Your Way, Accept The Food Facts, Nip It In The Bud: Break
The Relapse Cycle, Learn The Art Of Positive Self-Talk, Move It
To Lose It, Face Life Head-On, Get More Out Of Life And Don’t Go
It Alone—getting support for you. Masters share and Anne
summarizes the best ideas under each area. It is an suburb book.
See Ann's web site for a
description of her other WONDERFUL BOOKS
http://annemfletcher.com/
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This book explores:
body image, get-with-it-goals, right thinking, healing feelings,
setting up a no-fail environment, mastery over food and impulse
eating, Jay's portion control plan, intentional exercise, your
circle of support, if you have an eating disorder: applying the
seven keys.
Do
you have zero control over your life? What are your
frustrations? Do you lead a lazy lifestyle? To help teens take
charge of their lives, Jay McGraw has created a companion
workbook to his bestselling
Life Strategies for Teens.
The workbook is based on 10 "Life Laws" (adapted from his father
Phillip C. McGraw's tenets), and is designed to help teens "see
your life clearly, to understand what the problems are, what you
need to fix, change, get rid of, etc." He encourages readers to
put their thoughts, ideas, and dreams into writing to help them
through the process. (The workbook is meant to be written in.)
He demands that his readers ask themselves hard questions about
missed opportunities, perceptions, self-sabotage, and personal
shortcomings so they can figure out what's not working and fix
it. Why? So that they can turn dreams into goals--with specific
timelines and strategies. Here you'll find a variety of quizzes,
activities, and questions to help teens answer the question "Who
am I?" For example, McGraw asks readers to list 10 times they've
dropped the ball--and why. Or, conversely, to list their 15 best
achievements to date. The workbook also contains questions
designed to challenge assumptions, such as "What are things you
automatically, reactively feel and believe about members of the
opposite sex/teachers/parents?" A hardcore guide to removing
obstacles from our lives, Life Strategies for Teens Workbook
has all the compassion of a drill sergeant... one who knows
what's good for you. (Ages 13 and older)
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
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Many pre-teen and
teen resources are found at NCES--Nutrition Counseling Education Services:
http://www.ncescatalog.com/
For a description
of the book/s contents, visit (click on the book and "more
information":
How to Get Your Kit to
Eat...But Not Too Much. by Ellyn Satter,
Bull Publishing Co., (1987)
The Mom's
Guide to Meal Makeovers: Improving the Way Your Family Eats, One
Meal at a Time! by Janice Newell Bissex, MS, RD and Liz
Weiss, MS, RD. This book is a must for moms (and dads!) who have
busy schedules taking their children to sports' practices, music
lessons, etc. and have only a small window of time to plan and
prepare dinner. A simple 5-step Meal Makeover Plan is given
which is practical, novel, and easy to follow. In conjunction
with the book.
American Heart Association Healthier Kids:
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/HealthierKids/Healthier-Kids_UCM_304156_SubHomePage.jsp
Internet Physical Activity for
Kids
Feeding Children
How to
Get Your Kit to Eat...But Not Too Much.
by Ellyn Satter, Bull Publishing Co., (1987)
A Children's Guide to
Fruits, Vegetables, Berries and Nutrition:
http://www.berries.com/blog/childrens-healthy-nutrition-guide
A great resource for
kids that was shared by Mia, a 5th grader. Thanks!
Brown Bag
Success: Healthy Lunches Your Kids Won't Trade. By
Sandra K. Nissenberg, RD and Barbara N. Pearl, RD, Chronimed
Publishing, (1997)
On-line Support
Please note: I list many Websites as resources. I have not
participated in the development of any of the sites, and cannot endorse any
products or supplements they sell or services that they promote or contain.
The Ultimate Guide to Nutrition and a Balanced Diet http://www.dietspotlight.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-nutrition-and-a-balanced-diet/
Healing Foods Pyramid:
http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/information-healthy-healing-foods-pyramid-10473.html
Best FREE nutrition and food-group information
Be
playful! Celebrate the FUN of life. Observe this 71 year old man
playing as he shares amazing life wisdom:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/DFhFuuRB6yM
Music Therapy,
and Using Music in Therapy
(especially for children & teens): The Power of Music as a
Coping Skill
This site is your source for information on how to help
children and adolescents use popular music, something
they already listen to and enjoy, as a way to express
their feelings.
Matthew J. Bush, MSW, LCSW has
developed some very exciting and innovative techniques
for use in therapy with children and adolescents. One
does not need to be knowledgeable of music therapy to
apply these techniques. On this site you will find
articles about how popular music can be used in therapy,
suggestions of popular music with therapeutic messages.
Also featured on this site is Freudian Slip, Matt's
therapeutic rock band which features original music
which takes a direct look at human emotion. The songs
focus on topics such as depression, abuse, addiction,
and so forth. These songs have been composed by Matt
throughout his years as a therapist and represent
struggles in his own life as well as those of his
clients. Includes songs written by children in therapy!
Matthew J. Bush, MSW, LSW is an experienced clinical
therapist who has successfully applied this music
therapy technique to countless children and adolescents
in his work. He has worked and performed for children
in public and private schools, residential treatment
facilities, and the community. Matt has also spoken at
statewide conferences, educating colleagues on the power
of music as a coping skill.
http://www.enterthefreudianslip.com/index.htm
Nutrition
for Kids
Newsletters
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www.cspinet.org
—Nutrition Action Health Letter.
Filled with product evaluations and current nutrition issues.
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Food Reflections
Electronic Newsletter: focusing on food, nutrition
and food safety from the University of Nebraska,
http://food.unl.edu/web/fnh/fr-archive
Can subscribe and review past issues. The COOK IT
QUICK and Volumetrics Weight Control sections are superb. This
newsletter is exceptional!!
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Fitness Beginnings.
www.fitnessbeginnings.com We specialize
in children's exercise, fitness and dance videos. We also carry infant
massage and physical development videos as well as pregnancy massage, yoga
and exercise videos.
