Teen

“I’m, Like, SO Fat!”: Helping Your Teen Make Healthy Choices about Eating and Exercise in a Weight-Obsessed World

It’s hard to decide which is more frightening–the “food” teenagers enjoy, or the things they say about their bodies. Whether it’s your son’s passion for chips and soda or your daughter’s announcement that she “feels fat,” kids’ attitude about how they look and what they should eat often seem devoid of common sense. In a world where television …

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Teen Health, Course 2, Student Edition

Teen Health is the integrated, activities-based health program written especially for middle school students. This sequential, three-course program provides the perfect combination of course material and interactive multimedia resources. Teen Health helps students understand that good health affects their school performance, their friendships, their looks, and their lives. Teen Health stretches far beyond traditional health topics to cover …

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The Heart Needs No Words-The adoption story of a teen with cancer

Starting at the age of 11, Ivan bounced between residential treatment centers, psychiatric facilities, and group homes in Alaska and Montana. A childhood of abuse, neglect, and abandonment had taken its toll on him. Just before his 15th birthday, when life seemed it could not get any worse, Ivan was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma, a form of …

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Teen Health, Healthy Relationships and Sexuality 2014

Healthy Relationships and Sexuality provides more detailed information on male and female sexuality, including information on how feelings of intimacy will increase as a teen enters puberty and how to manage those feelings. The module also provides information on diversity in relationships, describing various types of relationships. Each print module contains the same front matter section, titled Your …

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Teen Health, Mental and Emotional Health 2014

Mental and Emotional Health describes the impact of mental health problems. The chapters help students to understand that mental health issues are health issues, and that these health problems can be treated. In Chapter 1 students learn to understand and manage their emotions as well as the stressors that affect their lives. In Chapter 2 students learn of …

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Teen Health Course 1 Student Edition

Teen Health is the integrated, activities-based health program written especially for middle school students. This sequential, three-course program provides the perfect combination of course material and interactive multimedia resources. Teen Health helps students understand that good health affects their school performance, their friendships, their looks, and their lives. In middle school, life changes quickly. …

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Dr. Erika’s Hormone Solution for Your Daughter: A Guide to Health, Weight Loss, and Well-Being for Your Teen

Dr. Erika’s Hormone Solution for Your Daughter offers the true-life stories of real teens coping with the heartbreaking physical and emotional consequences of obesity.Dr. Schwartz explains that the trigger for budding weight problems in teens can often be traced to the beginning of puberty, when their bodies are overloaded with hormones that impact mood, energy, motivation, and weight …

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