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
Stress and Sleep, American Psychological Association (APA)
To Evaluate the Effect of Perceived Stress on Menstrual Function (study)
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
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
Quote from gastroenterologist, Cosmopolitan
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