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41. Steroids: Not Fair Play
(Substance Abuse)
... really bad acne, especially on face and back Baldness A slow down of growth in athletes who aren't done growing yet High blood pressure, unhealthy cholesterol changes, and heart disease ...
42. Fiber: An Important Part of Your Teen's Diet
(Nutrition)
Fiber, while not an essential nutrient, performs several vital functions. A natural laxative, it keeps traffic moving through the intestinal tract and may also lower the concentration of cholesterol in ...
43. Fads and Diets
(Nutrition)
... associated with the typical Western high-fat, low-fiber diet. They are less likely to have high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels and have lower rates of some cancers, and their weight is usually ...
44. A Teenager’s Nutritional Needs
(Nutrition)
... in a fat-heavy diet is going to put on weight, even if he’s active. It would take a workout befitting an Olympic athlete to burn off excess fat calories day after day. Fatty foods contain cholesterol, ...
45. How Teens Can Stay Fit
(Fitness)
... sugar). This will help replace what you lose when you sweat. Stop drinking or drink fewer regular soft drinks. Eat less junk food and fast food. (They're often full of fat, cholesterol, salt, ...
46. Vegetarian Diets for Children
(Nutrition)
... diet. Vegetarian di­ets tend to be high in fiber and polyunsaturated fat, and low in cholesterol and calories. If your child is following a vegetarian diet, you need to guard against nutri­tional deficiencies. ...
47. Nutritional Information on Food Labels: What it All Means
(Nutrition)
... vary, but by carefully reading the amounts of fat, cholesterol, sodium, vitamins, and minerals, and the per­centage of calories from fat, you will find that products on the store shelves differ greatly ...
48. Making Healthy Food Choices
(Nutrition)
... important source of iron but are high in fat and cholesterol as well. Thus, your child should consume them only in moderate amounts. Select lean cuts of meat and trim the fat before cooking. Likewise, ...
49. High Cholesterol Levels in Children
(Nutrition)
... interfering with blood flow, begin in childhood. Blood cholesterol levels may be one indicator of this on­going disease process. In adults, high levels of total cholesterol and of low-density lipoprotein ...
50. Promoting Physical Activity as a Way of Life
(Fitness)
... of HDL (high-density lipoprotein) cholesterol, the "good" form of cholesterol that re­moves excess fats from the bloodstream. Even though most cardiovascular diseases are thought to be illnesses of adulthood, ...
51. Childhood obesity
(Childhood obesity)
... troubling because the extra pounds often start children on the path to health problems that were once confined to adults, such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Childhood obesity can ...
52. Obesity
(Obesity)
... more likely to develop a number of potentially serious health problems, including: High cholesterol and triglycerides Type 2 diabetes High blood pressure Metabolic syndrome — a combination of ...
53. Myocardial ischemia
(Myocardial ischemia)
... cause myocardial ischemia include: Coronary artery disease (atherosclerosis). Atherosclerosis occurs when plaques made of cholesterol and other cellular waste products build up on your artery ...
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