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People have been gobbling up yummy, nutritions raisins for centuries.Ancient Greeks and Romans awards them at sporting events and astronauts have taken raisins into space.Find out how grapes become raisins, who introduce the seedless grape, and the many uses for raisins. ... Read more

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"Do you think I'm too fat?"

Maybe you know someone who thinks she needs to lose a few pounds. And then a few more. Maybe she exercises until she's exhausted. Being skinny makes her feel great. Or maybe you know someone who eats in secret and just can't stop. She eats. And eats. And eats. And then she throws up. Maybe she hates her body. Maybe she hates herself.

This might sound like someone you know -- or it might sound like you. If so, you could have an eating disorder. Left untreated, eating disorders can cause serious health problems and may even result in death.

Here, in their own words, are the stories of preteens suffering from anorexia and bulimia. Noted author Janet Bode describes symptoms, causes, and ways to deal with these illnesses and includes a resource guide for where to turn for help. This is a book for young people, their parents, their teachers, and other concerned adults. It's a book that can help children and their families survive. ... Read more

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"Nobody is born with a negative body image. It is something that you learn, something that develops over time."

One of the more subtle titles in the Teen Health Library of Eating Disorder Prevention series, What's Real, What's Ideal: Overcoming a Negative Body Image offers a thoughtful, thorough, and pragmatic exploration of the relationship between teenagers' perceptions of their bodies and their overall health and well being. Bursting with factual information, realistic color photographs, and mini-stories about teens' challenges with their physical appearances, this book maintains a casual and friendly tone throughout. It's the kind of honest, informative text that flies off school library shelves.

Aimed at both male and female teens, What's Real engages readers with quizzes and checklists to help them determine if they're suffering from negative body image or displaying warning signs of an eating disorder. It tracks the causes of negative body image and discusses what this attitude can lead to--excessive dieting, compulsive eating, full-blowneating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia, even self-mutilation.

The most remarkable part of the book is the final third, which urges teens to take responsibility for their attitudes about their bodies. Acknowledging that "it may be the hardest thing you ever do," author Brangien Davis offers up pages and pages of creative, concrete suggestions to help teens recast their views of themselves and--in turn--the world around them. (Ages 11 and older)--Jean Lenihan ... Read more

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wow!!
this book is good the best one i have read this year. and i'm 14 years old and i also have truble with that well i 'll give it 10 stars if i could ... Read more

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It's a Really Interesting Book!
The Nutrition Fitness Link is a really good book!! For anyone who is concerned about their body or weight, you should read this book to find out more!! I think it's more for teens or young women. You don't even have to be concerned about your weight, its just a great book to read! I think if you are a teenager, you should go get this book and read it for yourself. Again, its a really good book! ... Read more

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Gut Instinct: Diets Missing Link teaches the skill of healthy eating and achieving healthy weight without dieting.It speaks to the quiet majority of people who are sick of the cult diets and tired of the standard dogma.

The present epidemic of obesity and the current controversy over which popular diet is best, Atkins, South Beach, The Zone, Dr. Phil, and endless others is the result of an oversight at the foundations of nutrition.Gut Instinct reveals what everybody overlooked in their mad dash to the top of the diet heap.It explains why carbohydrates are so controversial, how to use them effectively, and why the popular cult diets do more obscure the problem of obesity than to solve it. ... Read more

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Satisfying hunger efficiently
This book presents one basic idea and then shows you how to put it into practice. Your body is hungry for five different kinds of nutrients. The key to having enough energy and controlling your weight is to satisfy each hunger with high quality food. In the case of starch, you provide quality by cooking at lower rather than higher temperature. So, boiling produces more nutritious food than baking, and your hunger is satisfied sooner and longer. How do you know what type of food you're hungry for? The book has nutritional "experiments" designed to let you experience each specific hunger.There are also good discussions of the best items in each food group, and some interesting recipes. ... Read more