A balanced diet means getting the right types and amounts of foods and drinks to supply nutrition and energy for maintaining body cells, tissues, and organs, and for supporting normal growth and development. You must have carbohydrate, protein, fat, vitamins, minerals salts and fibre in the correct proportions. If there is not enough protein, you [...]
Children normally need a certain number of calories each day (energy allowance) that their bodies use as energy for normal daily activities (walking, breathing, etc.). This ranges for boys from 2000 calories for a 7-10 year old, 2500 calories for an 11-14 year old, and 3000 calories for a 15-18 year old. For girls the [...]
Pregnancy is a busy time of preparations that can leave even the most laid back woman totally stressed out. Your body’s reaction to stress is compounded by the normal mood swings of pregnancy, and you may start to feel out of control. It is important to learn to handle stress constructively during pregnancy so you [...]
There are many negative side effects of stress during pregnancy. Studies show that very high levels of stress may contribute to an increased risk of premature delivery or low birth weight babies. Still other studies suggest that overly high stress levels can increase your heart rate, blood pressure and produce chronic anxiety. None of these [...]
stress in children and teenagers. Actually, we aren’t aware of it, but ever since birth a child is put through stress. True, there are times of relaxation too, but that’s mostly confined to hours of sleep. The kind of relaxation we get at recreation hardly amounts to much. This is because most of our modern [...]
Teenagers face a host of pressures, from the changes of puberty to questions about who they are and where they fit in. The natural transition from child to adult can also bring parental conflict as teens start to assert their independence. With all this drama, it isn’t always easy to differentiate between depression and normal [...]
Young people can become stressed for many reasons. Since a large part of teenage life revolves around school and home, most of the causes of Teen stress also originate at school or home. There are lots of types of teen stress. Similarly there are several causes of teen stress. Parents contribute to the stress here [...]
Teenage stress is a real problem affecting a large number of teenagers, only needs to cast their mind back to their own teenage years and recall their own experiences to realize how prevalent teenage stress is, and how difficult it can be. In recent years, the amount of stress in young people’s lives seems to [...]
Stress is caused by the mental and physical response you have to overwhelming demands. Demands can be both positive, such as a qualifying for the Olympics, or negative, such as an injury. The response can be positive and productive, such as eating healthier, or negative and destructive, such as not sleeping. There can often be [...]
Stress management starts with identifying the sources of stress in your life. This isn’t as easy as it sounds. Your true sources of stress aren’t always obvious, and it’s all too easy to overlook your own stress-inducing thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Sure, you may know that you’re constantly worried about work deadlines. But maybe it’s [...]
