weight control

Chosen to compete in the camp's bathing ugly contest because of her weight, Betsy decides to push the idea to its limit and force the campers to rethink their ideas about the importance of outward appearance.

Twelve-year-old Marcie who has tolerated her divorced mother's alcoholism for years finally decides she can stand it no more.

Discusses some social, psychological, and physiological reasons why people get fat, examines some popular diets, and advises young adults on losing weight.

Advice on eating habits, calories, diets, exercises, and incentives such as clubs and camps for controlling weight.

A fifth grade class, repelled by the overweight new student who has serious home problems, finally learns to accept her.

The fattest kid in the fifth grade wants to lose weight, but not badly enough to starve.

When Mama Elephant puts her family on a diet, their will power remains strong until Granny sends a cake.

Initially repelled by an overweight new student who has serious home problems, the fifth grade class finally learns to accept her.

Jennifer Harris, years after being the tormented outsider on the playground, has reinvented herself into Jenna Vaughn, a popular girl with what seems to be the perfect life, but when a childhood friend re-enters her life, she is forced to confront the most traumatic event of her past and question who she really is.

Overweight high school senior Bo decides to change her image while working on the school play with a former star football player who is also struggling to find a new identity for himself.