Adolescent

Healthy LIFESTYLE
Dr. Renato V. Torres
Assistant Professor
UPLB CHE-DHFDS
 Adolescent Healthy Lifestyle

1. Say NO to SMOKING
2. Say NO to ALCOHOL
3. Say NO to DRUGS
4. Say NO to STRESS
5. Say YES to EXERCISE
6. Say YES to GOOD FOOD
7. Say YES to GOD
8. Say YES to SEXUAL INTELLIGENCE
Say NO to SMOKING
 PLEASE DON’T SMOKE
Teenagers
should resist
taking that first
puff of a
cigarette. This
will dramatically
improve your
odds for a longer
and healthier life.

Smoking kills!!!
Smoking  CANCERS

Dr. Renato V. Torres UPLB CHE

Dr. Renato V. Torres UPLB CHE
Dr. Renato V. Torres UPLB CHE
 Heavy SMOKING
ERECTION PROBLEMS
 Healthy Lifestyle Advice

If you are a current smoker,

STOP!!!

If you are not yet a smoker,

DON’T START!!!

Causes Deaths due to Cancer, Heart & Brain attack

Say NO to Alcohol
 PLEASE DON’T BE AN ALCOHOLIC
EFFECTS of too much ALCOHOL
↑ Blood Cholesterol
↑ Blood Pressure
↑ Heart Failure
↑ LIVER damage
Poor brain control
Linked to:
Juvenile crimes
“Rumble or Fights”
Vehicular Accidents
Alcohol abuse LIVER DAMAGE
 Heavy Drinking 
ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
 Alcohol makes you
LOSE SELF-CONTROL

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION
→ Premarital SEX/RAPE  Unwanted PREGNANCY
 Healthy Lifestyle Advice

If you should really drink,

drink MODERATELY
(right kind & limit)
and OCCASSIONALY

If you are not yet a drinker,

DON’T START!!!
Say NO to Drugs
PLEASE DON’T DO DRUGS
 PLEASE DON’T DO DRUGS

Linked to:
• POOR SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
• JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
• CRIMINALITY
• VIOLENCE
DRUGS

LIFE IMPRISONMENT
 DRUGS  BODY & BRAIN DAMAGE
 UGLY, OLD, CRAZY & DIE YOUNG
The truth seeker, UK, w ordpress /meth-add
 DRUGS plus Alcohol 
SEXUAL ASSAULT (GANG RAPE) or DEATH
 Healthy Lifestyle Advice

Don’t be a
USER!!!

Don’t be a
PUSHER!!!
 Say NO to (heavy) Stress
TEEN STRESS: An
emotionally
upsetting or sad
event particularly
one involving family
problems, academic
failures, anger,
break-ups,
STD & UNWANTED
PREGNANCY
 ADOLESCENT STRESS

Teen Stress is aggravated

by some harmful coping
mechanisms –
over/under sleeping,
over/under eating,
heavy drinking,
smoking, drugs,
PREMARITAL SEX
and in some…
SUICIDE
 Healthy Lifestyle Advice

Learn to manage STRESS

 Manage your stress

Expect setbacks and problems.

Forgive yourself!
 Manage your stress

Change how you respond to difficult

situations.

Be POSITIVE!

Lean on to “SOMEONE” you can depend

on.
 Manage your stress

You don’t have to solve all of life’s

problems.

Seek professional help esp. for sex related

problems.
 Manage your stress

Compare your problem to one with a

bigger and serious problem than yours.

SMILE, LAUGH and BE HAPPY

despite your worries.

Life is short!
Always Remember
Say YES to EXERCISE
 Beneficial Effects of EXERCISE

• Improves your heart and lung

• Lowers blood pressure
• Burns excess fats
• Strengthens your muscle and bones
• Relieves stress
• Longer life
• Better sleep
 Healthy Lifestyle Advice

Recommended Exercise:
1) 5-10 min. - STRETCHING (“warm-up”)
2) 30 min. - AEROBIC EXERCISE
3) 5-10 min. - STRETCHING (“cooling down”)

Frequency: 3 x/week
Examples: brisk walking, biking or jogging

Always KEEP “FIT and “ENJOY it” with a friend

Say YES to Good Food
Avoid unhealthy foods
Don’t imitate the Bad American Eating Habits
Avoid excessive eating to prevent obesity
 What makes the Youth OBESE?

Genes
Emotional setback and stress
Physical Inactivity
Computer addiction
The world around you…
 BAD EATING Habits
Obesity  FERTILITY PROBLEMS
Healthy Lifestyle Advice
Go fish. Boil and Broil.
 Eat a well-balanced diet
Limit foods and beverages that are high in
sugars and fats
Avoid unhealthy “junk” foods
Avoid fattening “eat-all-you-can”
Avoid using food and sweets to relieve
stress
Avoid obesity: Have that ATTRACTIVE BODY
SHAPE and be FERTILE.
Say YES to GOD

If you have problems

Talk to GOD

It really works!!!
Say YES to SEXUAL INTELLIGENCE

HOW?
 IT'S AN ADOLESCENT WORLD

Roughly
2 out of 10 Filipinos
are adolescents

1.2 Billion Adolescents

in the World
RP Youth Becoming
More Liberal

Population Commission Report, 2003

The Philippine Population Commission report
(2003) said:

“2 out of 10 Filipino youth

had PREMARITAL SEX”
The widespread sexual activity is
not matched with the RIGHT
SEXUAL INTELLIGENCE about
Human Sexuality and
Reproductive Health 
STD
UNWANTED TEEN
PREGNANCY
INDUCED ABORTION
 Philippine Youth Report

80%of young girls do not know their

fertile period

Worse, they do not understand

menstruation and STDs transmission

5% of every pregnant teenager had

at least one abortion experience
 If Adolescents like you continue to be
misguided, uneducated and
misinformed,
you will continue
to bear children that you may
not be prepared to care for,
much less to assume
the role of responsible parents
where another innocent life depends on
you.
ANATOMY
Frankly speaking
 MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

Prostate

Urethra
Penis
Glans Penis
Testes
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

Fallopian Tubes

Ovary
Uterus
Endometrium

Cervix
Vagina
 MENSTRUAL CYCLE
1. PROLIFERATION 2. OVULATION

3. LUTEAL

4. BLEEDING
 MENSTRUATION

If menstruation does not come in an

adolescent, don’t worry it may be due to :
1. Stress
2. Recent Change of Routine
3. Recent Illness
4. Over fatigue
5. Poor nutrition
Or worry, if due to…

UNPLANNED PREGNANCY
 CONCEPTION  PREGNANCY
CONCEPTION- creation of
a baby starting with
fertilization until birth
• FERTILIZATION
union of sperm and egg
 embryo
• IMPLANTATION-
attachment of embryo
in the endometrium
within 5 days fetus
 CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS
1. NATURAL
1. Calendar Method
2. Basal Body Temperature
3. Cervical Mucus Method
(*Fertility Awareness Methods)
4. Abstinence Method
5. LAM (Breastfeeding)
* Withdrawal Method
2. HORMONAL
Pills, Injection, Implants
(Prevents ovulation)
3. CHEMICAL
Spermicides (Kill sperms)
4. PHYSICAL BARRIERS
Male & Female Condom, Vaginal
Sponge
(Prevent sperm from reaching
ovum)
5. UTERINE DEVICES
IUD
(Prevent s implantation of
fertilized egg)
6. SURGICAL PROCEDURES
(Irreversible Methods)
VASECTOMY for M
TUBAL LIGATION for F
 “I’M GOING
THROUGH CHANGES”
Mr. & Ms. Teeny
• New Body
• New Image
• New Desires
• New Sensations
• New Feelings (“First”)
 Developmental Stages

1. Early Adolescence : age 12-14

(same sex solidarity) esp. with the boys
2. Mid Adolescence : age 15-17
(dating and sexual adventures)
3. Late Adolescence : age 18-19
(relationship with one person)

Advice: Avoid early serious commitment.

Collect and select.
 Adolescent BOYS

1. Prefer outdoor activities

and “barkada”

2. Begin to be sexually active after

first ejaculation

3. May focus more on sexual pleasure

they would get from a girl
rather than love due to ……
 Adolescent GIRLS

1. Curious about boys and dating

2. How the guy looks, what he

does and how he relates to girls

3. May enter in a love relationship

with a boy without thinking about sex
(emotional relationship than sexual)
Risk-Taking
Behaviour of
Adolescents
 Adolescent’s RISK-TAKING
Behaviour is usually due to…
Restlessness
- Always looking for something to do

Experimenting nature
- Willing to try out anything new

Impulsiveness - Not thinking before acting

Rebelliousness – Desire to be independent

Lack of self - control – No Limit- setting

Feeling of invincibility – Nothing can go wrong

Dangerous RISK-TAKING Behaviour

 Smoking
 Drinking Alcohol
 Drug Abuse
 Violence
 “Unsafe”
contraceptives
 Sexual Assault
 Unprotected sex Harmful Consequences:
 Premarital Sex STDs
UNWANTED PREGNANCY
ABORTION
 Top Killer
of Teenage Mothers

fr: LOUIE A. BELMONTE

Manila Bulletin
Saturday, May 22, 2004
Is it WORTH IT to have Premarital
Sex?

Sexual Pleasure vs.

UNWANTED TEENAGE PREGNANCY
 Is it WORTH IT to have Premarital
Sex?

Sexual Pleasure vs. UNPLANNED PARENTHOOD

 TAKING THE RISK:
PAYING THE PRICE FOR EARLY SEXUAL ACTIVITY
1. TEENAGE PREGNANCY
• High blood pressure
• Difficult labor leading to Caesarian delivery
• Low birth weight babies
• Anemia and poor nutrition
• Psychosocial problems
- Dangers of induced abortion
- Social Stigma & psychological trauma
- Educational & financial problems
- “Raising a child” unpreparedness
Is it SAFE and is it WORTH IT
to have Premarital Sex?

Sexual Pleasure vs.

STD and
its Complications
 TAKING THE RISK:
PAYING THE PRICE FOR EARLY SEXUAL ACTIVITY
2. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
Syphilis
Gonorrhea
Non-gonococcal Urethritis
Herpes
Genital warts
HIV / AIDS
Hepatitis B
Yeast vaginitis
Scabies/Pubic Lice
Prevention
and
Guidance
 SEX HAS A TAG PRICE CALLED
“RESPONSIBILITY”
• Every sexual act is open
to the possibility of
conceiving a NEW LIFE.
• This baby is
innocent, helpless & entirely
dependent on its new
teenage parents.

• Are you READY for this kind of COMMITMENT ?

• Or is SEX “just for kicks” ?

 PROTECTING YOURSELF AGAINST
UNWANTED SEXUAL ADVANCES
• Avoid getting into a situation where the
possibility of sexual encounter is HIGH (being
alone with someone in a secluded or dark
place)

• Always be extra sensitive to your companion's

suspicious behavior when going on a date
• Be aware of your own
physical responses that
show you are also getting
aroused.
 PROTECTING YOURSELF AGAINST
UNWANTED SEXUAL ADVANCES
• When you find yourself in this
compromised situation…
- Disengage
- Stand up and walk away
- Go to where other
people are

• You have a right to say “No” !

• If you have been sexually

assaulted or victimized, seek
help (E.g. Gender center)
 sex
ABSTINENCE
The best and safest way to
avoid unwanted pregnancy
before marriage
NON-SEXUAL ADOLESCENT ACTIVITIES

•Church Activities •Outings/

• Theater/Performing • Sports/Exercise
Arts • Music Activities
• Hobbies • School Orgs
• Picnics/Tours • Social Activities
 ADOLESCENCE…

Should be filled with wonderful and happy

experiences that will help you grow and
mature into the best that you can be and
realize your dreams & meet your TRUE
LOVE someday
 FINAL TAKE HOME MESSAGE

FOLLOW: Adolescent Healthy Lifestyle (Say…)

IF YOU FAIL: (teen pregnancy, rape, STDs, drugs,

alcohol, depression, physical & sexual abuse)

SEEK HELP your spiritual adviser, teacher,

counselor, social worker, guardians esp. your
PARENTS to provide proper guidance, support and
advice