Without preaching or dictating what readers should do, each volume in this series delivers current facts and straightforward information to help young people understand the consequences--good or bad--of the life choices they make, carefully explaining key health matters, social issues, financial elements, and other aspects of the selected topics.

Without preaching or dictating what readers should do, each volume in this series delivers current facts and straightforward information to help young people understand the consequences--good or bad--of the life choices they make, carefully explaining key health matters, social issues, financial elements, and other aspects of the selected topics.

Without preaching or dictating what readers should do, each volume in this series delivers current facts and straightforward information to help young people understand the consequences--good or bad--of the life choices they make, carefully explaining key health matters, social issues, financial elements, and other aspects of the selected topics.

Alphabetically arranged entries focus on issues relating to substance abuse, including date rape, fetal alcohol syndrome, and HIV/AIDS.

Alphabetically arranges entries focusing on issues relating to abuse, including abusive behavior, traits of abusers, types of abuse, and factors in abuse.

Offers the straight facts about the health aspects of smoking and tobacco use.

Offers the straight facts about the biological, social, and emotional aspects of sexual development and activity.

According to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Related Disorders, the National Eating Disorders Association, and the National Institute of Mental Health, between five and ten million Americans suffer from eating disorders. The vast majority are female, although an estimated five to ten percent of people with anorexia or bulimia, as well as thirty-five percent of those with binge-eating disorders, are male. The Truth About Eating Disorders is a comprehensive A-to-Z guide addressing everything from the lifelong effects of anorexia to the pressures and stresses that often lead to one or more of these disorders. Offering important facts, testimonies, and demonstrations that illustrate the serious dangers of eating disorders, this volume helps teens find a healthier way to deal with their problems. Personal testimonies and question-and-answer segments provide a real-life perspective, and charts and graphs add a visually stimulating element to this crucial reference. Topics include: Caloric intake and expenditures; Causes of eating disorders; Fad diets; Obesity Weight control.Offers information on eating disorders, including the causes, signs and various types of eating disorders, the role that peer-pressure and self-image can play in developing the illness, and the fundamentals of nutrition, diet, and treament.

Alphabetically arranged entries focus on issues relating to fear and depression, including anxiety disorders, phobias, bipolar disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Alphabetically arranged entries focus on issues relating to alcohol, including binge drinking, children of alcoholics, peer pressure, and underage drinking.

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