Information for Teenagers

Information for Teenagers

Information on Food and Nutrition from FDA

• Bone Builders September-October 1997
• Bring Food Science into Your Middle & High School Classrooms
• CALCIUM! Do You Get It? November 1996
• Eating Disorders Require Medical Attention September 1997
• Food Label Makes Good Eating Easier December 1997
• Good News About Good Nutrition April 1992
• How Folate Can Help Prevent Birth Defects February 1999
• Overcoming Juvenile Diabetes With a Little Planning And High-Tech Tools July-August 2000
• Information about Losing Weight and Maintaining a Healthy Weight

Other Information from FDA

• Attention Disorder: Overcoming the Deficit - Abuse of Attention Deficit Drug Can Be Deadly July-August 1997
• Health Information for Teens
• Quackery Targets Teens April 1990
• Trying to Look SUNsational? Complexity Persists in Using SUNSCREENS July-August 2000
• The Death of the Party: All the Rave, GHB's Hazards Go Unheeded March-April 2000
• Using Over-the-Counter Medications Wisely May 1995
• When Mono Takes You Out of the Action May-June 1998
• Young People Talk with FDA Commissioner About Smoking January-February 1996

Information from Other Federal Government Agencies

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Adolescents and Teens
• Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health
  • A Healthy Diet
  • Eating Disorders
  • Women's Body Image and Health
• Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Surgeon General
  • Overweight in Children and Adolescents
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • Milk Matters: Tweens and Teens need calcium now more than ever!
• National Library of Medicine
  • Teen Health (MEDLINEplus)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  • National Mental Health Information Center