By Remy Marin It might sound contradictory, but as a teen, I find it’s much harder it is to stay healthy during the summer. I rely on dance classes to serve as my central fitness routine, and struggle to find fun alternatives when this activity is out of season. But this summer, I’m finding that [...]
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My Teen Bucket List for Summer: Stay Healthy and Fit
July 24th, 2011 by Teen Contributor · No Comments · Teen Health Talk, Teen Talk
Tags: activity·exercise·fit·fitness·healthy·summer·Teen Talk·teenagers
Games for Health: Getting Kids Online to Go Offline
May 31st, 2011 by Tara Cousineau, PhD · No Comments · Tech Talk, Teen Health Talk
There’s lots of buzz about addictive games taking up any free time a person has left in a day—Angry Birds, anyone?—but is there a way this modern behavior can be leveraged for the good? That’s a mission of Games for Health, an organization founded by Ben Sawyer, which recently held their annual conference in Boston. [...]
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