Healthy Body Resources

A list of BLOOM's trusted resources for more information & support

Healthy Body Featured
The Healthy Teen Cookbook: Around the World In 80 Fantastic Recipes
By Remmi Smith

A cookbook by a teen master chef, filled with tried-and-true recipes with budding chefs in mind.

EWG

Empowers people with breakthrough research to make informed choices and live a healthy life in a healthy environment.

Inner Dimension TV

A yoga and meditation studio all from the comfort of your own home.

Teen Safe

Provides educational materials to parents and adolescents to reduce risky behaviours and help promote healthy activities in teens.

It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health
By Robie Harris

Providing young people the knowledge & vocabulary needed to understand their bodies, relationships, & identities in order to make responsible decisions.

Changing Bodies, Changing Lives: A Book for Teens on Sex and Relationships (Expanded Third Edition)
By Ruth Bell Alexander

Gives teens a thoughtful, empathetic, and personal look at sex, relationships and the many ways puberty affects emotional and physical health.

Young Men’s Health

Provides carefully researched health information to teenage boys and young men.

Center for Young Women’s Health

Helping girls, young women, their caregivers, educators, and health care providers improve their understanding of health and development.

Healthy Body
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
By Thich Nhat Hanh

Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh shows how to make positive use of the situations in life that usually pressure and antagonize us.

Healthline

Access to birth control info and options, where to find free or low cost birth control, a health and wellness library, newsletters, apps, podcasts, and communities.

What’s Happening to Ellie?
By Kate E. Reynolds

A book about puberty for girls and young women with autism and related conditions.

What’s Happening to Tom?
By Kate E. Reynolds

A book about puberty for boys and young men with autism and related conditions.

Menstruation
The Autism-Friendly Guide to Periods
By Robyn Steward

A detailed guide for young people aged 9 to 16 on the basics of menstruation, written by autistic author Robyn Steward.

Vaginas and Periods 101
By Christian Hoeger and Kristen Lilla

A fun and creative way to learn more about… vaginas and periods!

HelloFLo: The Guide, Period.
By Naama Bloom

Honest, funny, and unafraid of the messy, real-life facts about a girl’s changing body, this is definitely not your mother’s puberty book.

Welcome to Your Period
By Yumi Stynes and Dr Melissa Kang

A taboo-free guide that is packed with honest advice and big-sisterly wisdom on all the things girls need to know.

Nutrition
Sports Nutrition For Young Adults: A Game-Winning Guide to Maximize Performance
By Jackie Slomin, M.S., RDN

A cookbook and sports nutrition guide for athletes.

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