Health and Nutrition

This web section explains the five domains of adolescent development and the changes that are a normal and necessary part of adolescence. It also describes different ways that adolescents experience these changes, how adults can respond in supportive ways, and how to seek professional help if needed. 

This webpage provides tips to college students on how to stay safe and healthy while on campus. It addresses exercise, eating well, preventing sexually transmitted diseases, the vaccinations college students need, getting enough sleep, maintaining mental health, and staying safe. 

This report uses data from the 2015 and 2017 cycles of the national Youth Risk Behavior Survey to examine differences in eight sexual risk behaviors between subgroups of sexual minority youth and nonsexual minority youth, as well as within sexual minority youth.