A free, self-paced microcredential from UNT Health designed to help teens build real-world skills in nutrition, stress, sleep and more — created with teens, for teens.
Help your teen build lifelong healthy habits — starting now
As a parent, you want your teen to be healthy, confident and set up for success.
But today’s teens are navigating more than ever: busy schedules, constant digital distractions and increasing stress. At the same time, many aren’t getting practical education on how to take care of their health in real life.
This free, evidence-based microcredential from UNT Health helps high school students build practical skills in nutrition and lifestyle medicine. It's aligned for real-world application. That’s where this course makes a difference.
The Lifestyle Medicine for Teens microcredential helps students understand how everyday habits — like what they eat, how they sleep and how they manage stress — shape their energy, focus and long-term health.
Key Outcomes
Many adults say they wish they had learned these skills earlier.
This course helps teens:
- Build confidence in making healthy choices
- Improve focus, energy and daily performance
- Develop habits that support long-term well-being
- Describe basic lifestyle medicine strategies that promote healthy daily behaviors and overall well-being.
- Establish healthy habits early on, fostering a healthy lifestyle that supports whole-health concepts.
- Facilitate personal mindset and behavior change to generate sustainable, healthy lifestyles that prevent or treat disease and foster well-being and thriving.
And because it’s self-paced and online, it fits into your family’s schedule.
Flexible, Accessible and Free
- 100% online and self-paced
- Designed for busy teen schedules
- Completely free to access
No pressure. No rigid timelines. Just meaningful learning your teen can apply right away.
Curriculum
Students move through short, interactive modules that focus on the core areas of lifestyle medicine:
- Nutrition: fueling energy, focus and performance
- Physical activity: building movement into daily routines
- Sleep: prioritizing rest and recovery
- Stress management: handling pressure in healthy ways
- Substance avoidance: understanding long-term impact
- Social connection: connecting to others and social support
Each module includes:
- Short, engaging lessons
- Activities designed by teens
- Practical habit-building exercises
- Reflection to apply what they’ve learned
This isn’t about memorizing. It’s about building habits that last.
Course Faculty
InstructorMeet Dr. Teresa Wagner
Teresa Wagner, DrPH, MS, CPH, RD/LD, CPPS, CHWI, DipACLM, CHWC