Teens and Nutrition - Healthy Diets for Teens
Teens who have a healthy diet do better in school and at home. Parents of teens can find resources, tips, articles and book reviews on how to help your teen maintain a healthy diet here.
How to Get Your Teen to Eat Breakfast
Article with resources and information for parents of teens on getting their teen to the breakfast table.
Article with resources and information for parents of teens on getting their teen to the breakfast table.
4 Bad Food Habits Teens Have and What Parents Can Do About Them
Do you know what the top bad food habits your teen has are? Find out here and, best of all, find out how to fixed them.
Do you know what the top bad food habits your teen has are? Find out here and, best of all, find out how to fixed them.
Ultimate Weight Solution for Teens: The 7 Keys to Weight Freedom
Weight issues and diets are one of the leading causes of teen depression, and The Ultimate Weight Solution for Teens is being published at a time when weight is the top issue in so many teens' lives. Read the book review here.
Weight issues and diets are one of the leading causes of teen depression, and The Ultimate Weight Solution for Teens is being published at a time when weight is the top issue in so many teens' lives. Read the book review here.
How Can I Help My Overweight Teenager?
Read this guest feature by the NIMH and learn the most important things you can do to help overweight teenagers and their diets.
Read this guest feature by the NIMH and learn the most important things you can do to help overweight teenagers and their diets.
Parents, Kids Dont Perceive Obesity as a Health Problem
Most “tweens” (children 9 – 12) give little thought to healthy weight, neither recognizing its immediate benefits nor its long-term importance. They relate their weight to athletic performance and overall appearance—not health.
Most “tweens” (children 9 – 12) give little thought to healthy weight, neither recognizing its immediate benefits nor its long-term importance. They relate their weight to athletic performance and overall appearance—not health.
Pack a Lunch for Teens
Lunch is an important meal for teens, it is part of a healthy diet. Learn how to pack a lunch for teens here.
Lunch is an important meal for teens, it is part of a healthy diet. Learn how to pack a lunch for teens here.
Fried Foods and Childhood Obesity
New research from Harvard points out that kids who eat fried foods away from home are much more likely to be overweight.
New research from Harvard points out that kids who eat fried foods away from home are much more likely to be overweight.
Teen Diet Makeover
Read through this example of a teen's diet and what you can do about his over eating.
Read through this example of a teen's diet and what you can do about his over eating.
How Do I Avoid The Junk Food Trap?
Some sound advice for younger preteens and children.
Some sound advice for younger preteens and children.
Overweight Kids and Obesity
Information on kids and weight from About.com's Pediatrics site.
Information on kids and weight from About.com's Pediatrics site.
Psychologists Urge Restricting Food Ads to Kids
Blog note from About.com's Mental Health Guide.
Blog note from About.com's Mental Health Guide.
Breakfast: Waking Up to a Healthy Start
Develop this habit early in your child, so it can last a lifetime.
Develop this habit early in your child, so it can last a lifetime.
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Step by step instructions on how we should be eating from the Dept. of Agriculture.
Step by step instructions on how we should be eating from the Dept. of Agriculture.
Young Adults Aren't Getting Enough Fiber
'Teenagers and young adults fail to eat enough fiber each day to help ward off diseases and chronic illnesses.'
'Teenagers and young adults fail to eat enough fiber each day to help ward off diseases and chronic illnesses.'