Weight problems /

Tannenhaus, Norra, 1953-

Weight problems / Norra Tannenhaus ; American Family Health Institute, Medical Board, Stanley J. Dudrick ... [et al.]. - Springhouse, PA. : Springhouse Corp., c1986. - 32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. - Health and fitness . - Health and fitness series. .

Includes index

Contents

1. Are you overweight?
2. Metabolism: how your body uses food
3. Causes of overweight
4. The hazards of being overweight
5. The courage to change
6. Nutrition basics
7. Healthful eating habits
8. Psychological pitfalls
9. The importance of exercise
10. Helping the obese child and adolescent
11. Diets: Do they work?
12. What can you do?
13. When dieting does too far

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Obesity--Popular works.
Reducing diets.
Body Weight--popular works.
Diet, Reducing--psychology.
Obesity--psychology--popular works.

QT 235 W419 1986