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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
tawesit - Fotolia.com: p. 58
wolfberry - Fotolia.com: p. 14