Teen Talk Newsletter - Winter 2014

Teen Talk A Quarterly Newsletter from the Center for Young Women's Health + Young Men's Health Initiative, Boston Children's Hospital | Written by the Youth Advisors, Winter 2014 Happy Holidays from the Center for Young Women's Health! Mindful Eating During the Holidays In anticipation of buffet style eating or a big sit down meal during the holidays, try your best to follow your normal meal routine including having breakfast. Trying to “save up” calories by not eating in excitement of overindulging causes spikes and drops in blood sugar. Instead, if the main holiday meal is in the early to late afternoon, try the following tips to avoid over-eating: ...read the full article Training Doctors to Communicate with Teens One of the most satisfying parts of my job as a peer leader at the Center for Young Women’s Health (CYWH) is working at the Resident Training sessions. Under the supervision of seasoned adolescent medicine staff doctors here at Bosten Children's Hospital, the CYWH peer leaders provide residents with an opportunity to practice their communication skills with teens like me, through mock interviews. ...read the full article Flu Shot Facts Flu season is here but it's not too late to get your flu shot. Don't let common misconceptions about the flu shot stop you from protecting yourself this flu season! Here are the FACTS about the Flu Shot: The flu vaccine will NOT give you the flu. The vaccine is actually an inactive form of the virus and therefore cannot transmit the flu. ...read the full article Ask Us! Do you have a health question that you're too embarrassed to ask? Don't worry! Submit your question - we don't ask for your name or e-mail. We choose a new question to answer each week. You can look through all of our past questions and answers, too. What's New: Health Guides:  Preparing for GYN Surgery at Boston Children's Hospital, Celiac Disease, Progestin-Only Oral Contraceptives, How To Talk To Your Parents, Enterovirus D68 Editors: Phaedra Thomas, RN, BSN, S. Jean Emans, MD, Anna Miller, BA. Special thanks to the Boston Children's Hospital League for their generous support of the Center for Young Women's Health and the Youth Advisory Program

Share this email: Manage your preferences | Opt out using TrueRemove™ Got this as a forward? Sign up to receive our future emails. View this email online. 333 Longwood Avenue 5th Floor Boston, MA | 02115 US This email was sent to . To continue receiving our emails, add us to your address book.

Subscribe to our email list.