TeensHealth.org
(from Nemours)
Address:
www.kidshealth.org/teen;
also see specific links below under “Strengths.”
General Notes
- A gateway site that links to many topics and resources
relevant to teen health.
- Topic areas are listed on the left side of the page;
issues and resource links are highlighted on the right side.
Strengths
-
Recipes:
Links to a range of recipes, including those for youth
with diabetes.
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“Nutrition Basics”:
Select this link from
“Food and
Fitness” to access information on many relevant
topics, including “Becoming a vegetarian” and “Energy drinks and food bars.”
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“Exercise” and
“Sports”:
Select these links from
“Food and
Fitness” to access information on many
relevant topics, including steroid use and compulsive exercise.
Limitations
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Recipes:
A few do not reflect food safety guidelines, for
example, call for raw sprouts.
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Body weight and well-being:
Information reflects a traditional weight-centered
(rather than a health-centered) approach.
For example, encourages weight loss in several places, relies on BMI
more as a diagnostic (rather than a screening) tool to be considered with
other health indicators, encourages food substitutions to address cravings
rather than trying to identify the source of the craving and acknowledging
that satisfying a craving with the food can be constructive, etc.
Source:
Nemours, a Delaware- and Florida-based clinical and preventive health-care
system focused on children; grew out of a bequest from Alfred I DuPont in the
1930s.
Date Last Modified
10/26/2009
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