A Girl's Guide to Taking Care of Her Body

Many teens feel adolescence is a never-ending roller coaster ride of conflicting emotions - happy, sad, mad, manic. One way to slow the out-of-control feeling is to focus on loving yourself, becoming comfortable with your body, and learning how to be healthy and fit. Cultivating a positive self-image, eating nutritious foods, and avoiding toxic substances like drugs, alcohol, and tobacco are key ways to develop inner and outer beauty for a lifetime.

Body Image

• Adolescent Body Image – Important information about body image issues.
• Body Image Fact Sheet – Tips on how to improve self esteem and body image.
• Media and Body Image – Report on media influences on adolescents and body image.

Eating Right

• Adolescents and Nutrition – Guidelines to help youngsters eat healthy meals.
• Calcium Calculator – Do the math and make sure your bones are healthy.
• Decoding Food Labels – Learn how to decode and understand food label information.
• Healthy Bones – Keep bones strong and avoid risks of fractures.
• New Food Guide Pyramid – Applying new nutrition guidelines to today’s young women.
• Successful Weight Management – Important facts and tips to help teens avoid fad diets.
• Teen Vitamin Guidelines – How to read and use daily values on food labels.
• Young Women Serving Sizes – Simple guide to serving sizes.

Feeling Fit

• Active at any Size – Fun ways to become more active and fit.
• BMI Calculator – Use the handy online BMI calculator to determine your body mass index.
• Kids and Exercise – Tips for fun ways to exercise as a family.
• Sports and Fitness – Explains why fitness matters and how to choose a sport.
• Physical Activity – Seven easy ways to move and exercise more.

Facts About Food, Eating, and Weight Disorders

• Anorexia Nervosa - Definition, list of risk factors, and treatment suggestions.
• Binge Eating Disorder - Learn to identify the signs.
• Bulimia Nervosa – Signs, symptoms, and treatment for bulimia nervosa.
• Eating, Food, and Weight Disorder Statistics – Vital statistics on the affected population.
• Get Help – List of places offering help with eating, food, or weight disorders.
• Help with Eating Disorders – Tips on helping friends with eating disorders.
• Rare Eating Disorders - List of lesser known eating and food disorders.
• Treat Eating Disorders – Simple guide to eating disorder treatments.
• Overeating – Online help for overeating disorders.

Additional Resources

• Acne – What causes it and how to treat acne.
• Breast Health – How to do a breast self exam.
• Peer Pressure – Learn how to handle and resist peer pressure.
• Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) – Causes, symptoms, and treatments to alleviate PMS.
• Smoking and Teens – Online tools to help teens stop smoking.
• Staying Healthy – Top 12 tips for staying healthy and avoiding alcohol and drugs.
• Teens and Alcohol – Lists the dangers of alcohol use.