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A revolutionary diet program that can change your health and your life through simple adjustments to eating habits.

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Offers answers to common questions about obesity and overweight in children. The authors give the facts about body fat, good eating and healthy activities, and look at the risks, the definitions, and at what is 'normal' in a society obsessed with slimness, yet where people grow steadily fatter.

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Advances In Plant Nutrition, Volume Three, is the latest edition to Tinker's and Lauchli's series on major research efforts in plant nutrition.

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Different blood types mean different body chemistries. If your blood type is AB, enjoy your best health on a high protein, low carbohydrate diet, and make sure you get plenty of vegetables, but balance it with animal protein.

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Different blood types mean different body chemistries. If your blood type is B, enjoy your best health with plenty of variation. Eat plenty of protein, and add a bit of dairy. Carry this guide with you to the grocery store, restaurants, even on vacation to avoid putting on those extra pounds or getting sick from eating the wrong things.

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Different blood types mean different body chemistries. If your blood type is O, enjoy your best health on a high protein, low carbohydrate diet, and make sure you get plenty of animal protein.

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This provocative new resource explores 15 common controversies in the field of food and nutrition.

The authors explain the varying opinions and underlying issues that surround these debates, shedding new light on tensions over popular diets, fast food, and vegetarianism.

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Based on extensive research, epidemiological evidence, and a formal study of schoolchildrens eating habits, "The Crazy Makers" identifies how American food manufacturers and their products may be endangering our minds.

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This updated encyclopedia examines the basics of nutrition and dieting, presenting the important people, concepts, and criticisms involved and examining the pros and cons of different plans.

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Eating junk food and fast food is a great all-American passion. This A-to-Z reference is the first to focus on the junk food and fast food phenomena from a multitude of angles in addition to health and diet concerns.

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The foods eaten by a nation's population play a key role in shaping the health of that society. This book presents country-specific information on how diet, food security, and concepts of health critically impact the well-being of the world's population.

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Discusses the role of nutrition in alleviating or preventing illnesses and lists more than eight thousand brand and basic foods, covering calories, protein, fat, fiber, vitamins, and minerals.

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The development of effective health, food, and nutrition policies are essential to the rapid economic and social development of Third World countries.

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Distinguished international experts evaluate in this volume how health and nutrition in poor countries have been affected by economic adjustments made in response to external shocks. and examine what can be done to achieve the best possible health services in the face of economic constraints and crisis.

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Used in moderation, many oils can be beneficial to one's diet and lifestyle. This book presents accurate information on more than two dozen oils, examining the health claims associated with popular oils along with the clinical research findings.

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To deal with these problems, we must understand the evolution of the human diet.

Studies of traditional peoples, non-human primates, human fossil and archaeological remains, nutritional chemistry, and evolutionary medicine, to name just a few, all contribute to our understanding of the evolution of the human diet.

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After years of research and working with parents, Dina Rose discovered a powerful truth: when parents focus solely on nutrition, their kids - surprisingly - eat poorly. But when families shift their emphasis to behaviors - the skills and habits kids are taught - they learn to eat right.

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The conquest of scurvy by James Cook during his three famous circumnavigations of 1768-1780 was a product of Cook's character, of his leadership, and of the wisdom of the naturalists who accompanied Cook; This is an account of the lasting medical effects of Cook's voyages as he tried to liberate mankind from the scourge of scurvy.

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