The answer to the question, “Do teachers assign too much homework?” depends upon who is asking/answering the question. Teachers might think they don’t assign enough,…
Healthy Teens Archive
The State of Obesity
Did you know… Kentucky high school students have the worst obesity rate in the United States? Utah high school students have the lowest obesity rate…
Fed Up with the Obesity Crisis
If you haven’t seen the 2014 documentary, Fed Up, we highly recommend that you set aside 92 minutes of your time and snuggle up on the…
3 Minutes to Health Literacy
Ontario Physical and Health Education Association, aka Ophea, is a not-for-profit organization stationed in Canada. Their vision is congruent with the goals outlined in Healthy Teens. Ophea promotes…
Revving the Nutritious Lunch Engine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSOnFWdnkK0 It takes some serious guts and passion to set up healthy shop on site of a former McDonald’s. Kristin Richmond and Kirsten Tobey, two…
Harvard Discovers a New Planet
Researchers at Harvard University collaborated with teachers and principals of public middle schools to create an incredible interdisciplinary curriculum. Planet Health was developed with the…
A Place for Teens to Seek Answers
Is there any danger to smoking e-cigarettes? How can I lessen my test-taking anxiety? How much sleep do I need? Why is my voice changing?…
This Generation is so On!
Healthy Teens sends a huge knuckle bump to everyone at generationOn! This global youth service organization is putting massive amounts of power in the hands…
Daily Dose of Strength
teenDailyStrength was launched in June of 2011. Pushed to fruition by Emmy award-winning talk show host, Dr. Mehmet Oz, HealthCorps and ShareCare, this web-based teen…
The Debut of Healthy Teens [Blog]
I recently crafted the blog healthyteens.us as an extension of the ideas in my new book, Healthy Teens, Healthy Schools. My goal is to create a collaboratory for ideas on how media…