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21) Morbid obesity
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (48 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This clinical program follows three morbidly obese people as they each seek an answer in the form of gastric bypass surgery. Medical professionals explain the physiology of obesity and argue the effectiveness of the procedure.
Author
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by Macmillan
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
xvi, 320 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Most of us know what it feels like to fall under the spell of food--when a handful of chips leads to an empty bag. But it's harder to understand why we can't seem to stop eating, even when we know better. Dr. David Kessler, the dynamic former FDA commissioner who reinvented the food label and tackled the tobacco industry, now cracks the code of overeating by explaining how our bodies and minds are changed when we consume foods that contain sugar,...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
p2010
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Physical Desc
5 CDs (6 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The bestselling author of "When Food Is Love" helps overeaters find the underlying reasons for using food as an emotional buffer. Roth also provides seven basic guidelines for eating and other therapeutic self-help tools.
25) ¡Cataplof!
Author
Series
Publisher
Edelvives
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
Español
Description
En ocasiones ser una silla no resulta nada fácil. Y menos cuando se vive con la señora Julia. Pero ¡todo tiene un límite! Y es increíble lo mucho que se consigue con astucia y un poco de imaginación.
Sometimes, being a chair isn't easy, particularly when you live with señora Julia. But, there are limits to what a chair can put up with.
26) Butter
Author
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by Macmillan
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
296 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Unable to control his binge eating, a morbidly obese teenager nicknamed Butter decides to make live webcast of his last meal as he attempts to eat himself to death.
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
2016, ©2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 315 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Everything you believe about how to lose weight is wrong. Weight gain and obesity are driven by hormones and only by understanding the effects of insulin and insulin resistance can we achieve lasting weight loss. Both obesity and Type II diabetes are diseases caused by excessive insulin. There are five basic steps in weight loss: Reduce your consumption of added sugars. Reduce your consumption of refined grains. Increase your consumption of natural...
Publisher
Evolvee
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Overfed & undernourished examines a global epidemic through one boy's inspiring journey to regain his health from the inside out. Interspersed with interviews and advice from leading health and wellbeing experts from around the globe, providing simple solutions to improve the quality of our own lives, and ultimately asking us the fundamental question--are we really nourishing ourselves?"
Author
Series
Publisher
Amat Editorial
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
157 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
Description
La obesidad es la enfermedad metab?lica m?s frecuente en el mundo y un aut?ntico problema de salud p?blica que supera al de la desnutrici?n a nivel mundial. En Espa?a el 56% de la poblaci?n tiene sobrepeso y un 23% padece ya obesidad. La obesidad disminuye la expectativa de vida de las personas que la padecen y aumenta el riesgo de padecer diabetes, gota, colesterol elevado, hipertensi?n arterial, angina de pecho, infarto de miocardio y accidentes...
33) Empty
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
©2013
Edition
1st Simon Pulse hardcover ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
241 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Deeply depressed after her father cheated on and divorced her mother, seventeen-year-old Adele has gained over seventy pounds and is being bullied and abused at school--to the point of being raped and accused of being the aggressor.
34) Diet fads
Author
Publisher
Rosen Pub
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Hudson Street Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xv, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Robert Lustig's 90-minute YouTube video "Sugar: The Bitter Truth," has been viewed more than two million times. Now, in this much anticipated book, he documents the science and the politics that has led to the pandemic of chronic disease over the last 30 years. In the late 1970s when the government mandated we get the fat out of our food, the food industry responded by pouring more sugar in. The result has been a perfect storm, disastrously altering...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
291 pages : illustrations, charts ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
An obesity and neuroscience researcher explores how food choices are often influenced by brain circuits that control survival instincts and draws on cutting-edge neuroscience to offer guidelines for eating well and maintaining a healthy weight.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
361 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Will is the only round kid in a school full of string beans. So he hides in baggy jeans and oversized hoodies, in the back row during class, and anywhere but the cafeteria during lunch. But shame isn't the only feeling that dominates Will's life. He's also got a crush on a girl named Jules who knows he doesn't have a chance with, string beans only date string beans, but he can't help wondering what if? Will's best shot at attracting Jules's attention...
39) The kids menu
Publisher
Filmrise
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"'The Kids Menu' is a feature documentary from the team that brought you 'Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead.' As filmmaker Joe Cross spent time traveling the world with his previous two films, he met thousands of people and one issue that came up again and again was what to do about the growing childhood obesity problem. In 'The Kids Menu,' Joe meets with experts, parents, teachers and kids, coming to the realization that childhood obesity isn't the real issue,...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
v, 209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The estimated annual health care cost of obesity-related illness in the United States is $190 billion, with countless more costs in lost mobility, vigor, and life-years. Here, Jonathan Engel reviews the sources of the problem as they have developed over the past 70 years and offers a realistic plan for helping address obesity.
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