Eating Disorders
Emotional Health Issues
More children are overweight than ever before, yet the eating disorders anorexia and bulimia affect an alarming number of teens. In a society that is obsessed with thinness, many young people struggle with food and eating problems. Find out who is at risk for these problems and why they are on the rise among both girls and boys. Learn what you can do to prevent unhealthy eating patterns and focus on being well and feeling good about yourself.
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Series Review: Emotional Health IssuesAnswers to questions such as What are drugs? and What is abuse? as well as clear language and explanations make this series suitable for fact-finding missions, but the abundant graphics and case studies are likely to draw in browsers as well. Throughout, unfamiliar vocabulary is highlighted in bold and explained in context and in the glossary. Concise explanations of depression's symptoms, self-injurious behaviors, and forms of emotional abuse, for example, will help build students health literacyGetting help is the key message, along with taking control by creating personal space, keeping a diary, and thinking through choices. Fact boxes and case study sidebars add information. Further-reading suggestions of novels, diaries, and memoirs will create both literary and personal connections to the topics.School Library Journal
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Level | Points |
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| 5-12 | 7.3 |
