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Childhood obesity is on the rise. Children who are obese are in real danger from more serious problems, such as heart disease and diabetes. As obesity in America reaches epidemic proportions, dealing with childhood weight problems has never been more important. Straightforward explanations of the disease and its complications set the stage. Later chapters offer life-changing information on how to live a healthy life and defeat obesity for good.
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There has been an alarming increase in the number of kids diagnosed with autism each year. Information can be a useful tool in calming fears, and this book provides just such a tool. Signs to watch for, different kinds and severities of autism, and various treatments are all included in this book. Your bookshelves need this straightforward and handy guide to some of the major questions a child, or adult, might have about this disease.
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Living with ADHD can be difficult. People who have this disease are unable to concentrate or focus on tasks. They may be irritable or emotional. Understanding the illness is the first step toward living well with ADHD. This book is a great resource for kids who are trying to make sense of the disease, whether they have been diagnosed with it or a friend or family member has.
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Living with diabetes can be a challenge, but there are ways to control it. This book provides signs and symptoms and explains the different types of diabetes in a clear, nonthreatening way. Advice on how to manage the disease and live a healthy life feature prominently as well.
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Asthma can be a frightening, even life-threatening, disease. With proper understanding and management, it does not have to put kids on the sidelines, though. Informative text explains what is happening to the body during an asthma attack. It also offers ways to live a better life with asthma.
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Itchy, watery eyes, sneezing, tiredness...these are just a few of the symptoms allergy sufferers must cope with on a daily basis. This book explores what allergies are and talks about different kinds of allergies. The approachable text also offers solutions and tells readers the signs to watch for and what do in case of a severe allergic reaction.
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Qualitative methods are increasingly useful as psychiatry shifts from a focus on symptom reduction to enabling people to live satisfying and meaningful lives. It becomes important to achieve a deeper understanding of the ways in which mental illness interferes with everyday life and the ways in which people can learn to manage and minimize illness in order to pursue their lives as fully as possible. Although qualitative methods in psychiatry have...
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Understanding and Addressing Girls' Aggressive Behaviour Problems reflects a major shift in understanding children's aggressive-behaviour problems. Researchers used to study what went wrong with a troubled child and needed to be fixed; we now aim to understand what is going wrong in children's relationships that might create, exacerbate, and maintain aggressive-behaviour problems in childhood and adolescence. In this volume, leading researchers in...
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Youth, Education, and Marginality: Local and Global Expressions is a close examination of the lives of marginalized young people in schools. Essays by scholars and educators provide international insights grounded in educational and community practice and policy. They cover the range and intersections of marginalization: poverty, Aboriginal cultures, immigrants and newcomers, gay/lesbian youth, rural-urban divides, mental health, and so forth. Presenting...
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This book presents a collection of writings by expert researchers from Canada, the United States, and Australia who are committed to finding common cause and common ground in the prevention of eating disorders and obesity. The ten chapters in this book seek to create a new public health approach to the prevention of weight-related disorders, one that counters the confusion and frustration from public policies, messages, and programs that recipients...
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