Resources by Subject: Healthy Life Choices
Healthy Life Choices (Preventing Illness)
Look for Books:
- 158 Self management, esteem
- 363 Processed and Fast Foods
- 510 Math for healthy choices
- 612-617 health related topics
- 641.5-642 Cooking and healthy eating topics
Keep Active
Physically Active...Just Do it! - Aerobic / anaerobic exercise, Endurance, the (physical, mental, emotional, social) benefits of exercise, BMI (does it determine a healthy weight)
How Active Are You?
So You Think You are Physically Active? - Warm up / cool down, workout safety (FITT), target heart Rates, Cross-training
10 Warm up Exercises for Teens
Target Heart Rates-from the American Heart Association
Ways to get Unfit Teens Moving from Web MD
Drug Use Dangers
Drug Use - (tobacco and alcohol)
Mayo Clinic - Helping teens avoid Drug and alcohol use
Deal News
Benefits of maintaining a Tobacco Free environment - Costs of use (Financial, environmental), smoking cessation, being assertive
Marijuana
Why would you 'wanna'?
Are You Stressed?
Eustress Distress, We all stress - Relaxation, exercise, the (physical, mental, social, and emotional) impacts of stress
7 Tips for Stress Relief from Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Handling Stress
Stress Terminator- Causes, stressor definition and its 6 categories, strategies (organize yourself, stay positive about yourself, be assertive)
Teen Issues - Stress Relief tips
Understanding Stress: Signs, Symptoms, Causes and Effects
Eat a Healthy Breakfast:
Running on a Healthy Breakfast- Benefits, eating a balanced breakfast, breakfast choices
Skipping Breakfast & Binge Eating
How Breakfast impacts Metabolism and Health
5 Reasons for Teens to Eat Breakfast
NOVELNY Databases-General Access
Nutrition facts labels -Know what is in your food and how it affects your health and mood
NIH- Use Nutrition Facts Label
Scholastic for Kids
Diet - Nutrients, food labels, Choosing Healthy Foods and making healthy choices
10 Tips for Eating Healthy from Nutrition.gov
10 Tips for Eating Healthy When Eating Out
Eating Breakfast Helps Weight Loss
Eating Out in a Healthy Way
Eating out - Heathy fats / unhealthy fats, peer survey
Smithsonian Tween Tribune
Nutrition facts labels
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