Life Issues
Exercise & Fitness
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- Articles about Nutrition, Fitness, and Appearance from the Teen Health & Wellness database.
- Includes sections on staying fit, playing sports, strength & flexibility training and more. (You'll need a library card to access this database.)
- America on the Move
- The message is "keep it simple." By making small, simple changes to your daily eating and activity choices, you can start building proven habits that will positively affect your weight and heath. America On the Move offers free, personalized online resources, interactive tools, community support, and fun events.
- Action for Healthy Kids
- This site addresses the epidemic of overweight, sedentary, and undernourished youth by focusing on changes in schools to improve nutrition and increase physical activity. The site includes State Profiles that contain critical baseline information regarding a state's status in key nutrition and physical activity areas. See the 2005 Arizona State Profile.
- National Association for Health and Fitness
- The National Association for Health and Fitness (NAHF) is a non-profit organization that exists to improve the quality of life for individuals in the United States through the promotion of physical fitness, sports and healthy lifestyles.
- Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation
- A diverse collection of properties and programs that provide opportunities to develop healthy bodies and minds.
- The President's Challenge
- Start a physical activity program today and stay active and fit for life while earning Presidential awards. The President's Challenge is a program that encourages all Americans to make being active part of their everyday lives.
- SparkTeens
- This free-to-join website has many tools to help you create and maintain a healthy lifestyle. You can set and track weight loss goals and daily exercise goals. There are many helpful articles about health and fitness as well as explanations and illustrations of exercises, stretching, weight training and many more helpful articles.
- Teens Health Food & Fitness
- Teens Health website has several informative articles on fitness and exercise specifically written for teens. The site can help you figure out all sorts of fitness related issues from what is the right weight for your height, smart snacks to how much sleep you should be getting.
- TeenGrowth.com
- Teengrowth is an interactive website designed for teens. There are many useful articles about teen issues including teen health.
- Tucson Marathon
- Run your first marathon or your fastest marathon!
- Tucson Parks and Recreation
- The City of Tucson Parks and Recreation Department is your community connection for sports, recreation, leisure classes, programs and entertainment.
- Tucson Sport Magazine
- Information about sports and activities for families in Tucson.
- YMCA
- All YMCA programs are tools YMCAs use to accomplish their mission, achieve their vision of building strong kids, strong families and strong communities, and reinforce the YMCA core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility.
Read It
- Chryssicas, Mary Kaye. Breathe: yoga for teens.
- 613.7046 C469b 2007 Teen
- Davis, Terry. Vision quest: a novel.
- Fiction Davis
- Morley, Jennifer. Classical Pilates [videorecording]: kids & young adults.
- 613.71 C5694 2006 DVD
- Lawton, Wendy. Less is more.
- Fiction Lawton
- Maynard, Kyle. No excuses: the true story of a congenital amputee who became a champion in wrestling and in life.
- 796.812209 M4542n 2005
- Myers, Walter Dean. Game.
- Fiction Myers Teen
- Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne. I'm, like, SO fat!: helping your teen make healthy choices about eating and exercise in a weight-obsessed world.
- 616.8526 N3978i 2005
- Pena, Matt de la. Ball don't lie.
- Fiction Pena Teen
- Roberts, Kristi. My 13th season.
- Fiction Roberts Teen
- Walters, Eric. Juice.
- Fiction Walters
Updated August 2008