weight loss

Provides information for teenagers about weight management.

Provides practical tips for eating the right foods that satisfy hunger and are effective in weight-loss goals.

Beth expects her ten days at a "fat farm" to change her appearance and her life.

Unhappy that he cannot run easily anymore, his clothes do not fit right, and other kids have begun to tease him, Freddy adopts a healthy lifestyle and loses weight with help from his friends and family.

Emily Pig accepts Eugene Turtle's advice to walk as a way of losing weight but runs into too many tempting edible diversions.

Discusses the risks and realities of obesity in young people, provides information about diets and why they often fail, and offers advice on how to build a healthy lifestyle.

Examines weight gain and health from a scientific point of view, discussing weight control drugs, diet and exercise, the molecular and genetic basis of weight, the question of whether obesity is a disease, and the future of weight control.