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Health Resources

Bam! Body and Mind

Website from the Department of Health and Human Services and the CDC.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Up-to-date advanced resource of all current health topics.

Girls Health

Girlshealth.gov offer girls reliable, useful information on health and well-being. Covers hundreds of topics, from getting your period to stopping bullies, and from getting fit to preventing sexually transmitted infections.

Healthfinder

This site is good for general health information, sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services.

KidsHealth

Provides up-to-date health information with separate areas designated for kids, teens, and parents.

WebMD

An excellent source for online health information, educational services, and communities for physicians and consumers.

Young Men's Health

The purpose of the website is to provide carefully researched health information to teenage boys and young men.

Medline Plus: Stress

Scroll down to the section titled "Coping." Here you will find information about meditation, positive thinking, relaxation techniques and yoga.

National Institute of Mental Health

Contains information about depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and other mental health issues.

American Heart Association: Getting Healthy

Tips on how to add physical activity into your life, and links to children's programs.

Exercise Motivation: How to Get It; How to Keep It

10 great tips about how to keep yourself motivated from WebMD.

Fitness and Kids

Website from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Kid's Nutrition

All kinds of information about nutrition from the USDA.

Let's Move!

Website that supports Mrs. Obama's health initiative for kids.

My Plate

This site helps you plan and track your meals and nutrition. Also from the USDA.

Nutrition.gov

This site serves as a guide offering access to government websites with reliable and accurate nutrition information.

Physical Activity and Children

Tips on how to add physical activity into your life, and links to children's programs.

Plyometrics

This site contains sample workouts to increase power and speed in various sports.

President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports

A guide to many fitness and health resources.

Sports and Nutrition: The Winning Connection

Website sponsored by the University of Illinois.

Above the Influence

This website is designed for kids to answer questions like: What are the facts? Why do people take 'em? How can I say no?

Al-Anon/Alateen Family Group

Al-Anon helps families and friends of alcoholics recover from the effects of living with the problem drinking of a relative or friend. Alateen is a recovery program for young people.

National Inhalant Prevention Coalition

This site is designed to combat drug use and drug use messages.

NIDA - National Institute on Drug Abuse

Provides information about drugs including short and long term effects. There is an area just for teens as well.

Office of National Drug Control Policy

Designed to provide current information about drugs and drug policy.

Partnership for a Drug Free America

You can search for specific drugs using the search box. Other information includes prevention and treatments.

SADD - Students Against Destructive Decisions

This site addresses the issues of underage drinking, impaired driving, drug use and other destructive decisions and killers of young people.

The Anti-Drug

This site is designed to combat drug use and drug use messages.

The Cool Spot

Sponsored by the US Department of Health and Human Services, provides teens with reliable information about alcohol and resisting peer pressure.

Tobacco Free Kids

Contains lots of information about tobacco use in a teen friendly format.

Health Reference Center Academic

If you use this database in school, you do not need a password to access the articles. Remember to create good search strategies when using a database. Combine your search words with AND, OR, NOT in order to look for specific information.

For example: breakfast AND benefits or breakfast AND health

Do NOT type in something like this: What are the benefits of eating a healthy breakfast? It won't work!!!