A healthy mind resides in a healthy body. Get your teenager to move by modeling healthy behavior, making activity fun, praising them for being active, limiting screen time and employing other strategies. Read more: How Can I Get My Teenager to Move? Article
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Exercise and Fitness: 10 Budget-Friendly Exercise Gadgets
There are plenty of cheap and free ways to exercise. Learn about inexpensive ways to get in shape with the use of jump ropes,...
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Fitness and Exercise: How to Start a Walking Program
Walking has lots of health benefits, but for most folks, it's hard to figure out how to make it part of their routine. Learn how...
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Cardio Exercise: Good for More Than Your Heart
You might have guessed that cardio, or aerobic, exercise helps to strengthen your heart. But did you know it's good for your...
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Exercise and Fitness Quiz: Test Your IQ
Take our Exercise and Fitness Quiz and learn to maximize your fitness level with simple exercises that do not require major...
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The 30-Minute Fitness Routine
This quick, high-intensity 30-minute workout routine can make you look better and feel better. Discover the right way to do...
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Fitness and Exercise: 12 Basic Yoga Poses
From beginners to yogi pros, anyone can make these basic poses part of a daily yoga practice. This WebMD slideshow can show you...
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No-Gym Workout in Pictures: Equipment, Routines, and More
Learn about this no-gym, at home quick workout. It can get you into great shape at home and shows the best moves for flat abs and...
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Fitness and Exercise: Calories Burned by Household Chores
Can you slim down while you clean up or do yard work? Ordinary chores like vacuuming, scrubbing, and raking leaves burn lots of...
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Exercise Tips for Kids and the Whole Family
Exercise is great for kids, and fun activities for the whole family are there if you know how to find them. Learn how to lose...
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17 Must-Try Fitness Workouts in Pictures
Learn the latest exercise crazes such as TRX, pole dancing, Zumba, Kangoo jumps, boot camps, exergames and more that are designed...
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Fitness and Exercise: Worst Things to Eat or Drink Before a Workout
You never want to go to the gym while your stomach rumbles, but here are some things to avoid having prior to your workout.
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Fitness and Exercise: Ways to Exercise if You Hate to Work Out
You know you need to raise your heart rate a few times a week, but you don’t like to run and the gym’s never been your thing....
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Fitness and Exercise: Basic Body-Weight Exercises You Can Do Right Now
Body-weight exercises use your body's weight as resistance instead of equipment. Here are some you can do anywhere, any time.
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Exercise and Fitness: The 7-Minute Workout
The 7-minute workout provides a free, convenient way to get and stay fit. Discover these short, quick exercises that use your own...
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Fitness and Exercise: 15 Things You Can Do for Your Health Today
It doesn't take a lot of effort to do things that are good for you. Check out a few you can do right now.
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Fitness and Exercise: Surprising Signs You're Not Moving Enough
An active lifestyle keeps you healthier. Here's how your body may be showing you that you’re not moving enough.
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What Happens at a Sports Physical For a Teenage Girl?
A sports physical exam is also called preparticipation physical examination (PPE) or sports physical. At a sports physical for a teenage girl, the doctor will take a detailed medical history and perform a medical exam to clear your daughter to participate in sports.
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How To Deal With Preteen (Tween) Attitude?
How To Deal With Preteen (Tween) Attitude? Learn about tips that may help you deal with your tween's attitude.
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Teen Depression
Depression in teenagers may be caused by many factors. Symptoms of teen depression include apathy, irresponsible behavior, sadness, sudden drop in grades, withdrawal from friends, and alcohol and drug use. Treatment of depression in adolescents may involve psychotherapy and medications.
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Fitness
Regular physical activity can reduce the risk of disease. Regular exercise can also reduce the symptoms of stress and anxiety. There are fitness programs that fit any age or lifestyle.
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How Can I Be a Better Parent to My Teenager?
Learn tips on how to be a better parent to your teenage child, what to consider as a parent, understanding your teenager, typical teen behavior, and more.
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What Should Parents Expect in the Tween Years?
The tween years are the ages between 8 and 12 years old. Parents can expect physical, emotional, and social changes in their kids during the tween years.
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What Are Good Chores for a Pre-Teen (9 to 12 Years)?
Children in the middle childhood years start to turn to their friends for support and approval rather than their families. Good chores for a pre-teen include cleaning their room, doing their laundry, packing their lunch and clothes and supplies for extracurricular activities, cleaning up after themselves and fixing themselves snacks.
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