Zinczenko, David.
Summary: This must-have guide for concerned parents offers detailed analysis and nutritional tips on thousands of the most popular food choices for kids. Covering the best and worst options available at the most popular restaurants in the country as well as the healthiest--and most harmful--foods in the supermarket aisles, if kids are eating it, this book is probably analyzing it. Other features...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 ZINBacon, Lindo
Summary: "Fat isn't the problem. Dieting is the problem. A society that rejects anyone whose body shape or size doesn't match an impossible ideal is the problem. A medical establishment that equates 'thin' with 'healthy' is the problem. The solution? Health at every size. Tune in to your body's expert guidance. Find the joy in movement. Eat what you want, when you want, choosing pleasurable foods that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 BACBerg, Francie M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Healthy Weight Network 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8526 BERG,Shaw, Adam
Summary: "A healthy, happy family is grown around the kitchen table. Social media's favourite foodie father Adam Shaw shares his delicious, budget-friendly recipes to take you from pregnancy through to parenthood, all while bringing fun and flavour back to the table"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nourish 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 SHASummary: Narrated by Katie Couric, the film blows the lid off everything that was known about food and exercise, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and confuse the American public. Exposing the hidden truths contributing to one of the largest health epidemics in history, it follows a group of families battling to lead healthier lives and reveals...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of food journalist Pollan's thesis. Humans used to know how to eat well, he argues, but the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists. As a result, we face today a complex culinary landscape...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2016
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV INHenner, Marilu.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReganBooks 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.0432 HENChallem, Jack.
Summary: "Boost your energy levels, clear up mental fuzziness, feel 10 years younger" -- front cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons 2007
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Lunden, Joan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.3 LUNHarrison, Da'Shaun
Summary: "An exploration of anti-fatness and anti-Blackness at the intersections of race, police violence, gender identity, fatness, and health"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.38 HARJohnson, Richard J. (Richard Joseph)
Summary: "Dr. Johnson not only provides new recommendations for how we can prevent or treat obesity, but also how we can use this information to reduce our risk of developing disease. Nature wants us to be fat, and when we understand why, we gain the tools we need to lose weight and optimize our health"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 362.1963 JOHGinsburg, Kenneth R.
Summary: This book offers coping strategies for facing the combined elements of academic performance, high achievement standards, media messages, peer pressure, and family tension.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Academy of Pediatrics 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 GINLee, Jennifer Tyler
Summary: Would you feed your child a candy bar for breakfast? Of course not. And yet today our children routinely consume three times the recommended daily allowance of added sugar, which puts them at an unprecedented risk for type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, excess weight, and even nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Half the Sugar, All the Love is here to help, with 100...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.5638 LEEZuckoff, Mitchell.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.3 ZUCLittle, Mary Ann
Summary: "Narcissism is one of the most difficult disorders to treat in adults, but many of the symptoms and tendencies begin in childhood when it's easier to address and curtail such behaviors. Mary Ann Little helps parents recognize the symptoms and develop parenting practices that can reverse those behaviors before they become entrenched"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 LITMercado, Yehudi
Summary: "Hudi needs to lose weight, according to his doctors. Concerned about the serious medical issue Hudi had when he was younger, his parents push him to try out for sports. Hudi would rather do anything else, but then he meets Chunky, his imaginary friend and mascot. Together, they decide to give baseball a shot. As the only Mexican and Jewish kid in his neighborhood, Hudi has found the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MERAllport, Susan.
Contents: What's for dinner? -- A trip to Greenland -- How the omegas got their name -- Monsieur cholesterol -- Fishy fats -- Tree lard and cow oil -- The chemist in the kitchen -- Out of Africa-- -- And into the membrane -- Where have all the omega-3s gone? -- The speed of life -- Putting omega-3s back into your food supply -- The proof is in the pudding.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.397 ALLSummary: In an effort to address the obesity epidemic, in the USA 20 states mandate that students their body mass index (BMI) tested in order to gauge the student population's "health," even though BMI does not distinguish between muscle weight and fat weight. Notification letters are being sent to students whose body mass do not fall within a narrow range deemed "acceptable" by the state government,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF STUCela, Krissy
Summary: An Instagram fitness star shares customizable exercise and nutrition plans in a companion to Do This For You, her illustrated health and fitness guide, featuring advice on diet and portion sizes, recipes and must-do functional exercises.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Go, an imprint of Hachette Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 CELFuhrman, Joel
Summary: "The New York Times bestselling author of Eat to Live, Super Immunity, The End of Diabetes, and The End of Dieting presents a scientifically proven, practical program to prevent and reverse heart disease, the leading cause of death in America--coinciding with the author's new medical study revealing headline-making findings. Dr. Joel Fuhrman, one of the country's leading experts on preventative...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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Summary: "Did you know that if you adopt a vegan diet you can enjoy better sex? Save money? Have glowing skin? You can ward off Alzheimer's, Type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and other metabolic diseases. You can eat delicious burgers. Help save the planet. Join the cool kids, like Gandhi, Tolstoy, Leonardo-and Kyrie Irving, Kat Von D, and Joaquin Phoenix. Oh, and did we mention have better sex?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 STOOlmsted, Larry
Summary: "You've seen the headlines: Parmesan cheese made from wood pulp. Lobster rolls containing no lobster at all. Extra-virgin olive oil that isn't. So many fake foods are in our supermarkets, our restaurants, and our kitchen cabinets that it's hard to know what we're eating anymore. In Real Food/Fake Food, award-winning journalist Larry Olmsted convinces us why real food matters and empowers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2016