As a sport, skiing encompasses a wide range of events from endurance focused cross-country to power driven jumps. The varying forms of physical activity under conditions of cold and high elevation...

The sport of gymnastics demands many forms of physical fitness with strength, endurance, power and flexibility needed for the different disciplines. Adolescents train several times for multiple hours...

Bodies come in all different shapes and sizes. Optimal weight varies for a number of reasons such as genetics, body composition, gender, height and lifestyle choices. Seventeen year olds will find...

On the verge of adulthood, eighteen year olds look to the future with excitement and some anxiousness. This year in life brings many life altering events and decisions such as graduating high school,...

Teenagers are at an important stage in their life of growth and development. It is important that they maintain a healthy weight by eating a proper amount of food to nourish their growing body. If...

Most people think of protein as the nutrient that helps you build muscle. While that is true, it is important for a lot of other reasons as well and should still be consumed by teenagers if they...