Torbay Safeguarding Children Partnership

Here are some tips to help you stay healthy and feeling well.

Be Healthy

There are many ways that you can help to keep your body healthy and fit. Some of them are:

• Eating healthy foods including 5 portions of fruit and vegetables every day
• Drinking lots of water and milk
• Don't eat too much - learn to know when you are full
• Be active and have fun, try to get involved in some sports activities
• Try not to spend too much time watching television and playing on a computer
• Look after your body - develop good personal hygiene habits

There are lots of websites that can help children learn how to keep healthy and stay fit. They also have lots of ideas for activities too. Click on the links below and discover how you can help to take care of your body and your health.

• What do humans need to stay healthy?
• Change 4 Life
• Health for Kids
• Get Kids Cooking

Growing Up

Becoming a teenager means you will have lots of questions about what is normal and what is not and you might want explanations for the way you sometimes feel.

Use the links below to get answers to any health questions you might have and to read about what other young people are experiencing.

• Health for Teens  - Loads of information from health and wellbeing to handling exam stress
• B-eat UK  - Do you or someone you know have problems with eating properly? This site gives advice about eating disorders and help that is available