Author: Katie Ransohoff, High School student writer

Here are some key pointers about general eating and fitness and overall health:

• Breakfast is the most important meal of the day -- it gives you energy for the rest of the day, gets you started and keeps you going until lunchtime
  
• Don't eat much fast food and junk food -- it is high fat and high in calories and has little nutritional value (it's not very good for you or your body)
  
• Try to drink at least eight glasses of water each day
  
• Eat whole grains instead of white flour
  
• Eat brown rice instead of white rice
  
• Eat/drink lots of calcium -- Low-fat and nonfat dairy products, green, leafy vegetables, tofu, broccoli, chickpeas, lentils, canned sardines and salmon are good sources of calcium
  • More information on calcium at Powerful Bones
  You can talk to your doctor and parents about any concerns or questions you have about your health, diet or weight.
  
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  References
  • U.S. Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. FAQs about Obesity in Children Accessed March 2005.
    
  • Palo Alto Medical Foundation. Nutrition and Fitness.
    
  • Ransohoff, Katie. Vegetarianism in Teens.
  
  
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