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Series Consultant:
Victor Garcia M.D., Director, Comprehensive
Weight Management Center
,
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Set ISBN
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978-1-4222-3056-5
Hardcover Set Price
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$332.70 $249.50 (S&L)
Hardcover List Price
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33.27 24.95 (S&L)
Multi-User eBook List Price
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42.60
31.95 (S&L)
Full color • Library bound
Trim Size: 6
3
/
8
x 9
1
/
4
• 104 pages
Grade Level: 7-12
10 VOLUME SET © 2015
HBK ISBN E-ISBN
Big Portions, Big Problems .........................-3057-2
-8840-5
Discrimination & Prejudice .........................-3058-9
-8841-2
Emotions & Eating .....................................-3059-6
-8842-9
Exercise for Fitness & Weight Loss .............-3060-2
-8843-6
Fast Food & the Obesity Epidemic ..............-3061-9
-8844-3
Health Issues Caused by Obesity ................-3062-6
-8845-0
Looking & Feeling Good in Your Body..........-3063-3
-8846-7
Nature & Nurture: The Causes of Obesity ....-3064-0
-8847-4
No Quick Fix: Fad Diets
& Weight-Loss Miracles ..........................-3065-7
-8848-1
Surgery & Medicine for Weight Loss ...........-3066-4
-8849-8
AS CHILDHOOD OBESITY BECOMES A MORE
SERIOUS PROBLEM EACH YEAR, YOUNG PEOPLE
MUST BE EQUIPPED WITH KNOWLEDGE
that could help themchange their own unhealthy
habits and avoid a lifetime of chronic medical
issues that come with being overweight or
obese. his series helps readers
T
to truly
understand the global issue of obesity.
Each
title in this series focuses on a different
aspect of theobesity epidemic, from the health
issues caused by excess weight to the dramatic
consequences of our
cultures obsession with
body image.
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Visually appealing and easy to read,
this series provides useful and current information
in an attractive format.
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In this well-written,
easy-to-understand, timely,
information-packed series, the problem of obesity is dis-
cussed along with ways to curb this epidemic…
Real-life scenarios, quotes, tables and graphs, vivid
photographs, and important boxed notes keep interest
all while surprising readers…This is an impressive series
for young and old alike…
Highly Recommended.
— Library Media Connection
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…contains
graphics that
are appealing
to the juvenile
reader.
— Children’s
Literature
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UNDERSTANDING
OBESITY
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