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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.

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,

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