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Author
Series
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Skye Shin has heard it all. Fat girls shouldn't dance. Wear bright colors. Shouldn't call attention to themselves. But Skye dreams of joining the glittering world of K-Pop, and to do that, she's about to break all the rules that society, the media, and even her own mother, have set for girls like her. She'll challenge thousands of other performers in an internationally televised competition looking for the next K-pop star, and she'll do it better...
Author
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Garvey's father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading--anything but sports. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself with food. Garvey is kind, funny, smart, a loyal friend, and he is also overweight, teased by bullies, and lonely. When his only friend encourages him to join the school chorus, Garvey's life changes. The chorus finds a new soloist in Garvey, and through chorus,...
Author
Lexile measure
HL 770L
Language
English
Description
"A boy with face blindness and a girl who struggles with weight fall in love"--
Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed “Americas Fattest Teen.” But no one's taken the time to look past her weight to get to know who she really is. Following her mom's death, she's been picking up the pieces in the privacy of her home, dealing with her heartbroken father and her own grief. Now, Libby's ready: for high school, for new friends,...
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast and creator of Your Fat Friend equips you with the facts to debunk common anti-fat myths and with tools to take action for fat justice"--
The pushback that shows up in conversations about fat justice takes exceedingly predicable form. Losing weight is easy--calories in, calories out. Fat people are unhealthy. We're in the midst of an obesity epidemic. Fat acceptance "glorifies obesity." The BMI is an...
5) The whale
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Mine is a story of craving: an unreliable account of lusts and troubles that began, somehow, in 1956 on the day our free television was delivered...." Meet Dolores Price. She's 13, wise-mouthed but wounded, having bid her childhood goodbye. Beached like a whale in front of her bedroom TV, she spends the next few years nourishing herself with the Mallomars, potato chips, and Pepsi her anxious mother supplies. When she finally rolls into young womanhood...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
With insights from notable people in medicine, health, business, the arts, and politics, Brzezinski breaks through the walls of silence and shame we've built around obesity and food obsession and talks openly about how our country became overweight, and what we can do to turn the corner and step firmly onto the path of health.
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Exquisitely compassionate and witty, Big Girl traces the intergenerational hungers and desires of Black womanhood, as told through the unforgettable voice of Malaya Clondon. In her highly anticipated debut novel, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan explores the perils--and undeniable beauty--of insatiable longing. Growing up in a rapidly changing Harlem, eight-year-old Malaya hates when her mother drags her to Weight Watchers meetings; she'd rather paint alone...
Author
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The daily class discussions about the nature of man, the existence of God, abortion, organized religion, suicide and other contemporary issues serve as a backdrop for a high-school senior's attempt to answer a friend's dramatic cry for help.
Author
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Company
Lexile measure
1110L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Obesity is a major issue in the United States, with 17 percent of children aged two to 19 classified as obese. If you are obsese, it is likely people have told you to lose weight. But it's not always that simple. The causes of obesity are complex--everything from genetics to environment to lifestyle choices can play a part. Teens with obesity face an increased risk of diabetes, heart disease, and other health problems. At the same time, they often...
12) Eat this, not that! for kids!: thousands of simple food swaps that can save your child from obesity!
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
xv, 303 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm
Language
English
Description
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 include: restaurant report cards on the best chain restaurants...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
890L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Presents photos and information about obesity and weight-related issues. Discusses BMI, weight problems in children, diabetes, causes of obesity, and treating obesity. Includes a glossary, index, and resources for further information.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
x, 294 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Advance praise for Stop Prediabetes Now
"As usual, Jack Challem has brought us a book right on target and ahead of the health curve. This surprising, unbiased book tells the truth about a condition that has clearly become a hidden epidemic in this country. Stop Prediabetes Now is one of the most important books to be published in a very long time."
-Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D., C.N.S., New York Times bestselling author of The Fat Flush Plan and...
15) Fed up
Publisher
Atlas Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Wide screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 96 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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 why the conventional wisdom of 'exercise and eat right'...
16) Obesity
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Pub
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 p.) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the health problem of obesity focusing on heavy people's risk for heart disease, asthma, arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure, and sleep disorders. Discusses a good diet and helpful exercises as well as lifestyle changes.
17) Dietland
Author
Language
English
Description
"Plum Kettle does her best not to be noticed, because when you're fat, to be noticed is to be judged. With her job answering fan mail for a teen magazine, she is biding her time until her weight-loss surgery. But when a mysterious woman in colorful tights and combat boots begins following her, Plum falls down a rabbit hole into the world of Calliope House -- an underground community of women who reject society's rules -- and is forced to confront...
Series
Language
English
Description
"Living in Endora is like dancing to no music. Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp) should know. Aside from a secret affair with a housewife (Mary Steenburgen), Gilbert spends his days stocking shelves at a grocery store, caring for his mentally handicapped brother (Leonardo DiCaprio), and holding together a large family headed by Mama, a former beauty queen whose weight tops 500 pounds. But just when Gilbert thinks nothing will ever change, a pretty stranger...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Weight gain and obesity are driven by hormones -- in everyone -- and only by understanding the effects of insulin and insulin resistance can we achieve lasting weight loss. In this . . . book, Dr. Jason Fung sets out an original, robust theory of obesity that provides startling insights into proper nutrition. In addition to his five basic steps, a set of life-long habits that will improve your health and control your insulin levels, Dr. Fung explains...