Explores the problem of teen obesity, its causes, consequences, and how it can be overcome. Discusses the pressures on young people and how their choices as teens can affect their adult health.
Examines various eating disorders, their symptoms and manifestations, how they can be controlled and treated, and what it is like to live with an eating disorder.
Explores the issues surrounding vegetarianism. Presents diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance.
To get away from her pregnant stepmother in New York City, fifteen-year-old Daisy goes to England to stay with her aunt and cousins, with whom she instantly bonds, but soon war breaks out and rips apart the family while devastating the land.
This book presents information on eating disorders, describing the realities of dealing with these illnesses by following the stories of three real-life teenagers who have experienced an eating disorder.
An exploration of the connection between emotions and eating that discusses problems associated with compulsive eating, healthy ways to cope with feelings, and the importance of diet and exercise.
Jack, who is sixteen and has anorexia, spends the summer in an eating disorder ward for teenagers and befriends both his overweight roommate and a dangerously thin dancer.
