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Central High School Library: Wellness

Health & Wellness

Websites:
Teen Health and Wellness Rosen Digital Publishing
TeensHealth --KidsHealth.org 
Teen Health News --ScienceDaily
TeenTalk - Center for Young Women's Health (Boston Children's Hospital)
Young Men’s Health  (Boston Children’s Hospital) 

ebook:
Nutrition and Well-being, A to Z

 

website:

Teens / ChooseMyPlate.gov   USDA ​(US Dept. of Agriculture)
Food Composition Database   USDA ​(US Dept. of Agriculture)

How much sleep do I need?   CDC - sleep recommendation chart

The ABCs of STOP: Three Short Mindful Breaks for Your Day
A new take on a well-known mindfulness practice that helps you foster compassion and kind awareness when you need to come down from stress.  Mindful.org

Calming the teenage mind in the classroom.  Kelly Wallace, CNN

Mindfulness for Teens Discovering your inner strength
 

Mindfulness/Stress/Meditation apps:

Breath2Relax

Calm.com

HeadSpace  free trial

Insight Timer

MindShift

SmilingMind

Stop, Breathe & Think 

Take a Break!

Take A Chill

bubbles and bones xray

Selective Attention / Awareness Test    Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Try Again

 

 

 

 

 


Resources:

 

The "Invisible Gorilla" Test Shows How Little We Notice.
     By

 

TheInvisibleGorilla.com

 

Daniel Simons  Co-author of The Invisible Gorilla: How our intuitions deceive us

Newton Central High School Library

Newton, MA 02460
Librarian: kosmoc@newton.k12.ma.us