The Office of Adolescent Health has identified the following resources on Physical Health & Nutrition. Please click below to learn more:

General
Healthy Behaviors
Healthy Eating
Vaccination/Immunization
Chronic Conditions
Injuries
Access to Physical Health Services

General

• 75 Years of Mortality in the United States 1935 – 2010 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics)
• Americans With Disabilities: 2010 (Census Bureau)
• America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being (Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics)
• BAM! Teacher's Corner Handouts (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Guidance for Preventing Birth Defects (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities)
• Health Risks Among Sexual Minority Youth (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• National Health Interview Survey (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics)
• Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2010 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics)
• Teen Survival Guide: Health Tips for On-the-go Girls (HHS)
• The Surgeon General’s Vision for a Healthy and Fit Nation (HHS, Office of the Surgeon General)
• We Can! Families Finding the Balance: A Parent Handbook (HHS, National Institutes of Health)
• Young Women’s Thoughts on Body Image (HHS, Office on Women’s Health)
• Youth Physical Activity: The Role of Families (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey - United States, 2011 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services)

Healthy Behavior

• The Association Between School Based Physical Activity, Including Physical Education, and Academic Performance (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
• Child Nutrition Reauthorization: Health, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (White House, Let’s Move!)
• Five Simple Steps to Success (White House, Let’s Move!)
• Get Moving! Take Charge of Your Health (HHS, National Institutes of Health)
• Guideline on Adolescent Oral Health Care. (HHS, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
• Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• High-Risk Behaviors for Skin Cancer Common Among Young Adults (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS)
• Kids, Parents, and Video Games (Department of Education, Federal Communications Commission, and the United States Postal Inspection Service)
• Parents are the Key: Safe Teen Driving Campaign (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Physical Activity Facts (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Healthy Eating & Physical Activity Across Your Lifespan: Helping Your Child (HHS, National Institutes of Health, Weight Control Information Network)
• Helping Your Child Manage Diabetes at School (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Information about Sleep (HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Let's Move Parents (White House, Let’s Move!)
• Oral Health in America: A report of the Surgeon General (HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research)
• Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (HHS, Office of the Surgeon General)
• Physical Activity May Prevent Substance Abuse (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, NIDA)
• Youth Physical Activity Guidelines Toolkit (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Recommended Community Strategies and Measurements to Prevent Obesity in the United States (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
• Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity within a Generation (White House, Let’s Move!)
• Take Charge of Your Health: A Guide For Teens  (HHS, National Institutes of Health, Weight Control Information Network)
• Tips for Teens with Diabetes: Be Active (HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Diabetes Education Program)
• Tips for Teens with Diabetes: Stay at a Healthy Weight (HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Diabetes Education Program)
• Toolkit for Faith-Based and neighborhood organizations (White House, Let’s Move!)
• We Can! Parent Tips: Save Money by Cooking Smarter (HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• We Can! Parent Tips: Healthy Families, Healthy Weight (HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• We Can! Parent Tips: Get Started!  Eating Healthy and Move More(HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)

Healthy Eating

• Availability of Less Nutritious Snack Foods and Beverages in Secondary Schools -- Selected States, 2002--2008 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Charge Up! Healthy Meals and Snacks for TEENS (HHS, National Institutes of Health)
• Choose My Plate SuperTracker (USDA, My Plate)
• Consumption of Added Sugar Among U.S. Children and Adolescents, 2005-2008 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics)
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 (USDA, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion)
• Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among High School Students -- United States, 2010 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
• Getting Started with MyPlate.gov (USDA, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion)
• Health System Measurement Project: Percentage of Children with a Healthy Weight (HHS, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)
• Helping Your Overweight Child (HHS, National Institutes of Health, Weight Control Information Network)
• Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food  (USDA)
• Marketing Food to Children and Adolescents: A Review of Industry Expenditure, Activities, and Self-Regulation(Federal Trade Commission)
• Making Eating Out Healthy and Delicious (HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Milk Matters for Strong Bones for Lifelong Health (HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Nutrition Education: USDA Provides Services through Multiple Programs, but Stronger Linkages among Efforts Are Needed (General Accounting Office)
• Recommended Community Strategies and Measurements to Prevent Obesity in the United States (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
•  School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
• Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity within a Generation (White House, Let’s Move!)
• Take Charge of Your Health: A Guide for Teenagers  (HHS, National Institutes of Health, Weight Control Information Network)
• Tips for Teens with Diabetes: Stay at a Healthy Weight (HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Diabetes Education Program)
• An Update on Hospitalizations for Eating Disorders, 1999 to 2009 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HHS, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
• U R What U Eat (HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• We Can! Go, Slow and Whoa Foods (HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• We Can! Parent Tips: Healthy Families, Healthy Weight (HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• We Can! Parent Tips: Making Healthier Food Choices (HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• We Can! Parent Tips: Eating Healthy and Moving More (HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, HHS)
• We Can! Secrets to Making Healthy and Fun School Lunches (HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• We Can! Using the Nutrition Facts Label (HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)

Vaccination/Immunization

• Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: Vaccines for Children Program - Vaccines to  Prevent Human Papollomavirus  (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Get Your Pre-teen’s Shots on Schedule (HHS)
• National, State, and Local Area Vaccination Coverage Among Adolescents Aged 13-17 Years—United States, 2008 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Preteens and Teens Still Need Vaccines (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Question s &Answers for Parents of Pre-teens and Teens about Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and the HPV Vaccine (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Chronic Conditions

• Asthma Prevalence, Health Care Use, and Mortality: United States, 2005–2009 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics)
• Cerebral Palsy Occurrence in the US (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Facts about Asthma (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
• Helping Your Child Manage Diabetes at School (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• How do You Know if Your Child has ADHD? (FDA)
• National Institutes of Health Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• President’s Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children: Coordinated Federal Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Asthma Disparities (Interagency Asthma Disparities Working Group)
• Tips for Teens with Diabetes: Stay at a Healthy Weight (HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Diabetes Education Program)
• Tips for Teens with Diabetes: Be Active(HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Diabetes Education Program)

Injuries

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Heads Up: Concussion page (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS)
• Nonfatal Traumatic Brain Injuries Related to Sports and Recreation Activities Among Persons Aged ≤19 Years --- United States, 2001--2009 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS)
• Preventing Concussions (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Football League)
• Protect the Ones You Love: Child Injuries are Preventable (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Traumatic Brain Injury in the US (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Access to Physical Health Services

• 2010 CHIPRA Annual Report - Connecting Kids to Coverage: Continuing the Progress (HHS)
• National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities - Toolkit for Community Action(HHS, Office on Minority Health)
• Percentage of Children Aged ≤17 Years Who Did Not Receive a Well-Child Checkup* in the Past 12 Months  (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
• Young Adults and the Affordable Care Act (HHS)