Series 5 Posts: Physical Health During Adolescence

We hope you've been enjoying our content on Instagram! Our fifth series enters adolescence. We're starting on topics related to physical health high school / adolescent times ~

Wanted to know more on the info we shared in this week's posts? Find the sources and links we referenced in our posts below.

(Side note: we hope you enjoyed our continued #throwback pictures of us in high school.)

Sleep in High School

• Among teens, sleep deprivation an epidemic, Stanford Medicine

• Sleep for Teenagers, SleepFoundation.org

• Stress and Sleep, American Psychological Association (APA)

• To Evaluate the Effect of Perceived Stress on Menstrual Function (study)

• Stress and the Menstrual Cycle, Clue

Changes in Appetite as a Teen

• What Cause Loss of Appetite, Healthline

• What Causes Loss of Appetite in Teens, Mom Junction

• Depression's Effect on Your Appetite, Everyday Health

• How Stress Can Make You Eat More - Or Not at All, Health Essentials

Physical Activity for Adolescent Girls

• Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects, The Lancet

• Changes in Physical Activity Participation Among Adolescent Girls from 8th to 12th Grade, University of South Carolina

• Exploring Links to Unorganized and Organized Physical Activity During Adolescence: The Role of Gender, Socioeconomic Status, Weight Status, and Enjoyment of Physical Education, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

• Importance of exercise for teens: KidsHealth.org articles one and two

• Exercising while on your period (PMS symptoms): WomensHealth.gov article

• Factors Associated With Changes in Physical Activity, JAMA Pediatrics

• The role of social support on physical activity behaviour in adolescent girls, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

• ADOLESCENT GIRLS' PERCEIVED BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, Adolescence

Demystifying the Physical Check-up

• Annual Physical Examinations, WebMD

• Sports Physicals, KidsHealth

• Yearly Exam, Wellstar

Metabolism 101

• Does Metabolism Matter in Weight Loss?, Harvard Health Publishing

• Most of Us Misunderstand Metabolism, Vox

• Energy expenditure and intake during puberty in healthy nonobese adolescents: a systematic review (2016 study),The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

• Sex Differences in Energy Metabolism Need to Be Considered with Lifestyle Modifications in Humans (2011 study), Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism

Pubic Hair

• What’s the Purpose of Pubic Hair? And 8 Other FAQs, HealthLine

• Pubic hair has a job to do – stop shaving and leave it alone, The Guardian

• A bushel of facts about the uniqueness of human pubic hair, Scientific American

• What is the purpose of pubic hair?, Medical News Today

Bloating

• Why Do I Feel Bloated? Common Causes of Bloating, Penn Medicine

• Seven tips for relieving period bloating, Medical News Today

• Buzzfeed - Water Memes

• Quote from gastroenterologist, Cosmopolitan

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