Diet & Nutrition
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Dietary Supplements: Harmless, Helpful, or Hurtful?
Are you looking for a healthy body? Quick weight loss with no dieting? Top athletic performance without breaking a sweat? Websites, infomercials, magazine ads, and celebrity tweets make an… Read More →
Diet for a Changing Climate: Food for Thought
The United Nations supports a compelling solution to world hunger: eat insects! Explore the vast world of unexpected foods that may help solve the global hunger crisis. Weeds, wild plants,… Read More →
Food: The New Gold
Did you know starvation kills more people every year than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined? Around the world, millions of people go to bed hungry every night. Farmers and ranchers… Read More →
Health Smarts: How to Eat Right, Stay Fit, Make Positive Choices, and More
From the Series USA TODAY Teen Wise Guides: Lifestyle Choices
Health. It seems like a simple topic, but keeping up a healthful lifestyle can be challenging. Still, there are easy steps that you can take to make sure you're living the most healthful life Read More →
Healthy Living Library — Hardcover Set
From the Series Healthy Living Library
This series examines some of the most prevalent health concerns for teens and young adults. Medical experts provide a comprehensive and sensitive overview of topics using timely and reliable… Read More →
Nonfiction — Young Adult — Audisee®—Fluent Set
Engage your reluctant teen readers in high-interest nonfiction. Sentence highlighting with professional narration bring these award-winning eBooks for teen readers to life. Read More →
Not Just about Food: Understanding Eating Disorders
From the Series Healthy Living Library
Some thirty million people have an eating disorder in the United States, and reported cases are only increasing. This is especially true among young people. While many think of eating… Read More →
Plants vs. Meats: The Health, History, and Ethics of What We Eat
No one can live without food, but what you eat is a personal decision. Today many people are examining nutritional advice and choosing to eat more vegetables and fruits and less meat. But is… Read More →
Running Dry: The Global Water Crisis
As the planet's human population explodes, so does the demand for water. About one out of every nine people in the world does not have access to safe drinking water, while one out of every… Read More →
The Human Microbiome: The Germs That Keep You Healthy
Trillions and trillions of microbial cells live on and inside your body. A small number of these microbes are unhealthy germs. But most belong on your body and perform essential jobs.… Read More →
Weight and Health
From the Series Twenty-First Century Medical Library
By some estimates, 25 percent of young people in the United States are either overweight or obese, a figure that has doubled in the last 30 years. In that time, the physical activities in our Read More →