Physical

Physical wellness encompasses a variety of healthy behaviors that enhance your life and reduce stress, including adequate sleep, regular exercise, and proper nutrition.

RESOURCES

Youth + Tech + Health - Physical Wellness and Nutrition 

Body

  • Acne Control: This website offers information, help and advice on the treatment and prevention of acne. It also provides support to friends and family of those suffering with acne, who would like to understand the physical and emotional trauma that acne can cause.
  • Body: This site, directed more towards girls, discusses the questions females ask about their body as they transition from girlhood to womanhood.  Also learn about various other topics, such as getting enough sleep, living with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), grooming and hygiene, and more.
  • General Health: Located here is valuable information about a teenager’s body in general.  Click on the links for articles about tanning, hair care, contact lenses, cavities, and acne.
  • Hair Care Tips for Teens: This interesting resource goes quite in-depth about how teens should take care of their hair.  Whether you have long, short, curly, dry, or straight hair, this website will give you the best tips to keep it healthy and strong.
  • Skin Care and Acne: A Guide for Teens: The Center for Young Women’s Health provides this resource on why acne occurs and how to treat it.  It discusses various acne medications and the do’s and don’t of acne.
  • Your Body: These articles give you the basics on practically any aspect of your changing body, from head to toe. There is information on tanning, tattoos, acne, how to take care of your skin, and much more.

Food & Fitness

  • Eating Disorders: This section of TeenHelp.com has a number of articles on eating disorders afflicting modern day teenagers.  The articles discuss self-image, bulimia, anorexia, binge eating, statistics, signs, causes, prevention, and treatment.
  • Food and Fitness: Find all the answers to your questions on various subjects about well-being, healthy weight, nutrition basics, exercise, sports, and problems with food and exercise. Included is a very interesting general Q&A about food and fitness with questions such as What can I do about overeating? and Will lifting weights harm my bones?
  • Vegetarian Nutrition for Teenagers: Many teenage vegetarians face difficulties: pressures from parents and friends concerned about their health, and personal pressures to follow a vegetarian diet.  Use this resource to learn how to be a healthy vegetarian.  At the bottom are links to further information.
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