Keeping well in adolescence and youth
Updated: 30 September 2022
Manuela Leporesi.
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- Eat a variety of good food to stay healthy, such as green and orange vegetables, milk, meat, poultry, fish, beans, nuts, whole grains and fruit
- Do at least one hour of physical activity a day to stay fit and strong
- Find out about menstrual health and how to manage periods - if an adolescent girl
- Know that boys can also learn about menstrual health to understand the issue
- Make the most of opportunities at school to learn about sexual health and contraception
- Ask trusted adults for their advice on how to keep well
- Avoid using tobacco, alcohol and other drugs
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