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1) Elevation
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine The latest from legendary master storyteller Stephen King, a riveting, extraordinarily eerie, and moving story about a man whose mysterious affliction brings a small town together--a timely, upbeat tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences. Although Scott Carey doesn't look any different, he's been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs...
Author
Language
English
Description
This work is an examination of what makes us fat. In his book Good Calories, Bad Calories, the author, an acclaimed science writer argues that certain kinds of carbohydrates, not fats and not simply excess calories, have led to our current obesity epidemic. Now he brings that message to a wider, nonscientific audience. With fresh evidence for his claim, this book makes his critical argument newly accessible. He reveals the bad nutritional science...
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Language
English
Description
Here, Dr. Mark Hyman reveals a scientifically and clinically proven program that will help you not only achieve fast and sustained weight loss but also say good-bye to chronic health complaints, including type 2 diabetes, asthma, joint pain, digestive problems, autoimmune disease, headaches, brain fog, allergies, acne, eczema, and even sexual dysfunction. At the root of all of these problems is insulin imbalance, which is triggered by addiction to...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The book reveals that the secret solution to losing weight and preventing not just diabetes but also heart disease, stroke, dementia, and cancer is balanced insulin levels. Dr. Hyman describes the seven keys to achieving wellness-nutrition, hormones, inflammation, digestion, detoxification, energy metabolism, and a calm mind-and explains his revolutionary six-week healthy-living program. With advice on diet, green living, supplements and medication,...
10) Catundra
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A fat cat loses weight with the help of a friendly mole.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Over 99% of people who try to lose weight don't succeed. They don't get slender and they don't stay slender long term. The average dieter spends a significant amount of money and makes four or five new attempts each year. Four or five new attempts each year with almost no hope of success. Only 1% of people will get down to their goal weight on traditional diets. Susan Peirce Thompson. Ph. D., suggests that there's something fishy going on here, something...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A recent study showed that people with cluttered homes were 77 percent more likely to be overweight or obese. Why? Organization pro Peter Walsh thinks it's because you can't make your best or the healthiest choices in a cluttered, messy, disorganized environment. But there's good news: you can change your habits, change you health, and change your life--all in just 6 weeks. [Includes] a room-by-room organizing guide, quizzes to create customizable...
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins is beloved for her heartfelt novels filled with humor and wisdom. Now, in her newest novel, Good Luck with That, she tackles an issue every woman deals with: body image and self-acceptance. Emerson, Georgia and Marley have been best friends ever since they met at a weight-loss camp as teens. When Emerson tragically passes away, she leaves one final wish for her best friends: to conquer the fears they...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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"The groundbreaking Whole30 program has helped countless people transform their lives by bringing them better sleep, more energy, fewer cravings, weight loss, and new healthy habits that last a lifetime. In this cookbook, best-selling author and Whole30 co-creator Melissa Hartwig delivers over 150 all-new recipes to help readers prepare delicious, healthy meals during their Whole30 and beyond." --Publisher's description.
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Language
English
Description
The strength trainer and health coach for the hit television series, "The Biggest Loser, " discusses the effect of hormonal imbalance on weight loss and overall health and offers a diet program designed to remove toxins, restore nutrients, and rebalance one's energy.
19) Keeping the moon
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Colie, a former fat girl, spends the summer working as a waitress in a beachside restaurant, staying with her overweight and eccentric Aunt Mira, and trying to explore her sense of self.
Colie expects the worst when she's sent to spend the summer with her eccentric aunt Mira while her mother, queen of the television infomercial, tours Europe. Always an outcast-first for being fat and then for being "easy" -- Colie has no friends...