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Fast food

2009
Contains eleven articles that provide a varying perspectives on issues that relate to fast food; and discusses its link to obesity and other serious health problems, the "healthy" choices at fast food restaurants, the exploitation of farm workers, the humane treatment of animals, and other topics.

Can diets be harmful?

2012
Contains twelve essays that provide varying perspectives on dieting, debating if diets support a healthy lifestyle, whether fad diets promote unhealthy eating habits, the benefits of dieting for children, and other related topics.

Cancer

2012
Presents differing viewpoints on the issues of cancer.

How far should science extend the human lifespan?

2009
Contains eleven articles that provide a variety of perspectives on life extension, addressing issues of whether and how far science should extend the human lifespan.

The ethics of cloning

2009
Contains ten articles that provide a varying perspectives on issues that relate to cloning; and debates the ethics of cloning, whether to ban human cloning, therapeutic cloning, reproductive cloning, and cloning animals for food.

Anorexia

2010
Contains thirteen essays that provide varying perspectives on issues related to anorexia, discussing topics such as the influence of fashion on the disease, the efficacy of Internet programs for helping to fight eating disorders, and genetic factors.

How should obesity be treated?

2009
Presents expert discussions of the controversial topic of various treatments for obesity, covering a wide range of arguments in order to facilitate the development of critical thinking skills, with primary and secondary sources and other resources to aid in research.

Is selling body parts ethical?

2010
A series of controversial essays that debate the ethicality of the selling and distribution of body parts.

Embryonic and adult stem cells

2009
Contains fifteen articles that provide a variety of perspectives on embryonic and adult stem cells, addressing issues of value, research, funding, and ethics.

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