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In the tradition of YOU The Owner's Manual, The Checklist is organized as a guide to help individuals and families take the right precautions, at the right time in their lives, to avoid the most common health pitfalls and illnesses, and put them on the path to a vigorous and sound lifestyle. Each decade in a person's life introduces new risks not seen in their previous ten years. A health plan must be tailor-made to fit a body as it matures decade...
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Por medio de uno de los más respetados corresponsales médicos, Dr. Manny Alvarez, llega un libro de mantenimiento y salud preventiva organizado para identificar y evitar las enfermedades más comunes y los riesgos de salud a los cuales estamos susceptibles cada uno de nosotros en cualquier etapa de nuestras vidas Como en Tú: El Manual de Instrucciones, La Lista de Salud está organizado como una guía para ayudar a que individuos y familias tomen...
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When a restrictive eating disorder has had a destructive effect on your life and you haven't been able to understand why it's so hard to overcome, Addicted to Energy Deficit is the book you need.Bringing in neuroscience and research evidence, as well as personal and professional experience, Helly Barnes provides an explanation for restrictive eating disorders that will resolve your unanswered questions and fit your experience.This includes:A credible...
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Winner of the 2017 Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book!
"Funny, haunting, beautiful, relentless, and powerful, The Art of Starving is a classic in the making."-Book Riot
Matt hasn't eaten in days. His stomach stabs and twists inside, pleading for a meal, but Matt won't give in. The hunger clears his mind, keeps him sharp-and he needs to be as sharp as possible if he's going to find out just how Tariq and...
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This book serves as a transformative guide, beckoning you to release shame, fear, and self-abandonment and, instead, embrace a fresh start grounded in self-love, unlocking boundless possibilities.
Lead author Tina Green understands this, and she's leading this movement by gathering a community of experts to share their stories and practices for readers eager to create deep and lasting change in their lives.
Every chapter offers an inspiring exploration...
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Are you ready to break up with your bulimia, for real?
Has your long love affair with the binge/purge cycle finally run its course, but breaking up with it has proven impossible? Even scary? In this candid account, addiction recovery coach Lori Losch leads those struggling to break up with bulimia through ten strategies to help them gain freedom with food, while learning to love their body. Between a two-decade battle with bulimia and body dysmorphic...
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Powerful skills to help you make peace with your body and nurture a deeper, more meaningful sense of self.
Do you hate your body? Are you deeply dissatisfied with your appearance, shape, or weight-so much so that you avoid looking at yourself in the mirror, avoid certain social situations, or dread having your photo taken? If so, you are not alone. Body dissatisfaction and even body hatred have reached epidemic levels in our culture-particularly...
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Lily Johns began life as a confident, happy child but in her teenage years started to suffer from lack of self-esteem and confidence. This spiralled into anorexia and depression that held her captive from her teenage years to her early 40s. She was never able to speak to anyone who had recovered from anorexia because 'the system' never gave her the opportunity. She therefore never believed that recovery was possible. This harrowing but ultimately...
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From the host of the hit CBC podcast Other People’s Problems comes an invitation to unlearn the lies about your body that make you feel less-than, and to learn to love the home where your life happens
In The Wisdom of Your Body, clinical therapist and award-winning researcher Dr. Hillary McBride offers a pathway from disconnection to embodied living by making peace with the living, breathing story of who you are. Packed with illuminating research...
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This book is not just about weight loss, but also about improving your mental and physical health. By reading this book, you will gain practical tools and tips to help you on your journey towards a healthier and happier life.So, if you want to lose weight and improve your overall well-being, join us on this empowering journey of self-discovery and transformation. Let this book motivate you to become the best version of yourself.The book follows the...
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Confused about the conflicting recommendations about how to feed children well and prevent eating and body image problems in teens? Reading Nurture is like having a conversation with a compassionate fellow parent who has done decades of fieldwork on the subject. Heidi Schauster writes from her nearly 30 years of experience treating people with disordered eating, her own lived experience as a recovered person, and as a parent of two young adults.
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"I'm confident that anyone who follows her recommendations will lose weight, be healthier, enjoy increased energy, and be happier in their overall lives." Readers' Favorite 5 -Stars "I love food; I eat carbs; I don't fear fat; I drink wine; I don't count calories; I don't count steps; and I don't belong to a gym." A unique description of a weight loss guide that encourages you to eat, drink and be merry… That's exactly what "Eat the Cupcake" is...
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A girl with an eating disorder grows up. And then what? In this groundbreaking book, science journalist Trisha Gura explodes the myth that those who suffer from eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, are primarily teenage girls. In truth, twenty-five to thirty million American women twenty-five and older suffer from serious food issues, from obsessions with calorie counting to compulsions to starve then overeat. These diseases...
34) In the Moonbeams
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Raised by a single dad working two jobs, the four Hollis siblings have been navigating life with little guidance from anyone other than their oldest sister. As a new school year begins, things quickly unravel for the four of them, causing their oblivious dad to wonder how he had missed so many things happening right under his nose. Growing up too fast, falling in love, battling a mind that works against you, clinging to the only thing you know, wondering...
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TRANSFORM...is not like any other book about weight loss you've read. It's more than a diet prescription and exercise routine. There are plenty of books that can help readers with that. TRANSFORM offers something new and profound. A step by step approach that will empower you to transform your physical self AND your life by discovering how to tap into and modify the mental and emotional programming that is sabotaging your ability to create the results...
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Practical strategies for healthy eating habits and joyful wellbeing.
Good health is about finding what works for you-rather than forcing yourself to follow the latest fad diet. The Healthy Eating for Life intuitive eating workbook shows how to improve your relationship with food by listening to your body's cues instead of stressing over calorie counting and meal plans.
You'll enjoy mealtime again with the help of written exercises that offer a...
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Eating Disorders: Food Addiction & Its Effects, What Can You Do If You Can't Stop Overeating? This book is a wonderful place to start if you're interested in your eating habits.It discusses food addiction and related issues. Food addiction, emotional eating, binge eating, the midnight munchies, eating out of boredom, consuming forbidden foods, and weight loss secrets are all topics we cover. This book will tell you what makes you tick when it comes...
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This own voices story from the acclaimed author of The Closest I've Come unflinchingly examines steroid abuse and male body dysmorphia. Perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Matt De La Peña.
David Espinoza is tired of being messed with. When a video of him getting knocked down by a bully's slap goes viral at the end of junior year, David vows to use the summer to bulk up- do what it takes to become a man-and wow everyone when school starts again...
39) Desordenes Alimenticios durante la Adolescencia: Cómo Superar los Problemas Alimenticios más Comu
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¿Tienes un adolescente en casa con cambios recientes de conducta? ¿Has notado que su relación con la comida depende de su estado de ánimo? ¿Cómo se detecta un trastorno de conducta alimentaria? Entonces sigue leyendo… "La mente tiene una gran influencia sobre el cuerpo, y las enfermedades a menudo tienen su origen allí". - Jean Baptiste Molière Ahora mismo, hay muchos padres o madres de familia preocupados por el bienestar de sus hijos...
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It's not about willpower, and it's not about the food.Most people blame their eating behaviors on a lack of willpower.Eating intuitively hasn't worked.Eating less and moving more? Trying to change your body image? These only last so long.Many people are worried that they can never have a healthy relationship with food.Peace with Self, Peace with Food looks past all that, and gets to the heart of what causes our battles with food.Through her years...
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