Teenage Health & Life: Puberty, Nutrition & Behavioral Growth

In teenagers, physical growth spurts and milestones of puberty are accompanied by psychological shifts that require parental guidance and proper nutrition.

Teens and What to Expect

How to Help Promiscuous Teen Girls

Published Jun,13 2017 | By Liza Blau

Sexual promiscuity among teenage girls can have many adverse consequences, including risks to their physical and emotional health, and unwanted pregnancies. Approximately 400,000 teenage girls gave birth during 2009, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Liza Blau received a B.A. in English from Columbia University. Her writing has appeared in fiction anthologies from Penguin Press, W.W. Norton, NYU Press and others. After healing her own life-threatening asthma by switching to a whole, natural foods diet, she founded the NYC Asthma Wellness Center. Blau counsels individuals on healing their own asthma and allergies with dietary and lifestyle changes.