Youth
Healthy Eating and Active Living play an important role in the development of youth as they go through their growth spurt, which begins in girls at around age 10 and is completed at around age 15. In boys, it begins around age 12 and is completed at around age 19.
Healthy Eating
- Eat well, play well: promoting healthy eating & physical activity during the school age years (Dieticians of Canada)
- Munchies: eating well on a student budget (University of Alberta, University Health Centre)
- On The Teen Scene: Good News About Nutrition (U.S. FDA)
- Overweight teens: what to do (Parent Help Line)
- Underweight teens: what to do (Parent Help Line)
Active Living
- Canada's physical activity guide for youth (Health Canada)