Teenage
Fitness Hotlist
Lawrie Webb
Health
Education: Health Care Perspectives for Teachers
University of San Diego Department of Continuing Education
Fitteen
www.fitteen.com
Exercise, diet and news for the teenager. Issues such as workout motivation,
healthy eating, steriod use and how to get started in a fitness routine
are discussed.
International
Food Information Council
http://ific.org/
site contains a section for teenagers and a section for educators.
Articles on topics such as physical activity, nutrition and Bone health.
It offers booklets for the classroom on various food safety and nutrition
topics.
Double
H
www.geocities.com/healthcentre
A good teenager website. It offers information on a healthy diet, balanced
diet, safe dieting information and the food pyramid.
In
The Mix
www.pbs.org/inthemix
Site has access to public television shows relating to teenager subjects
such as date violence /self esteem. Also Bodies in Motion deals with diet
and exercise issues.
Think
Quest :Nutrition on the Web
www.thinkquest.org
It advances education through technology. A network of students and teachers
around the world. Deals with nutrition and diet of children around the
world and where around the world kids are malnourished.
Efit
www.efit.com
Exercises and physical activity for teens.
Cool
Nurse
www.coolnurse.com
Discusses food and nutrition and food facts for girls Also deals with
mental health and self esteem issues of of teenage girls.
4
Girl's Health
http://www.4girls.gov/
Deals with issues for adolescent girls' current health information. Models
healthy behavior and choices.
Girl
Health
www.girlhealth.org
San francisco based for girls by girls web site. More mature subject matter.
Less about fitness more about health issues, food issues and staying safe.
Kids
health
http://kidshealth.org/
Great site for kids because they are able to ask questions regarding fitness,
nutrition and health and of course other issues facing teens.
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