9781422288450

About the Author & the Consultant

Jean Ford is a freelance author, writer, and public speaker. She is the author of six books including Surviving the Roller Coaster: A Teen’s Guide to Coping with Moods, Right on Schedule! A Teen’s Guide to Growth and Development , and The Truth about Diets: The Pros and Cons . Internationally recognized, her work also includes writing for periodicals from the United States to China and speaking to audiences from as close as her tristate area to as far away as Africa. Although she generally writes and speaks on nonfiction topics, Jean also enjoys writing and illustrating children’s books. Dr. Victor F. Garcia is the co-director of the Comprehensive Weight Management Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. He is a board member of Discover Health of Greater Cincinnati, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a two-time winner of the Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award.

Picture Credits Barbara Reddoch | Dreamstime.com: p. 8 Amy Walters | Dreamstime.com: p. 68 Banana Stock: pp. 81 Benjamin Stewart: pp. 18, 78 Bruce Robbins | Dreamstime.com: p. 24 CLIPAREA.com - Fotolia.com: p. 50 Clipart.com: pp. 15, 21, 22, 36, 60, 67, 72, 98 Dover: p. 10 Hemera Images: pp. 41, 55, 63, 74, 93 Imagesource: pp. 16, 31, 83, 86, 96, 97 Inger Anne Hulbækdal | Dreamstime.com: p. 77

Kim Reinick | Dreamstime.com: p. 90 MK Bassett-Harvey: p. 6 PhotoDisc: pp. 33, 47, 56 Photos.com: pp. 18, 19, 30, 37, 45, 53, 88 Sanjay Deva - Fotolia.com: p. 95 Sebastian Czapnik | Dreamstime.com: p. 39 Sebastian Kaulitzki - Fotolia.com: p. 42 Sophia Winters - Fotolia.com: p. 28

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