Health Resources in the Library Media Center

 

Nutrition and Fitness
Title Author Call Number
 

Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food

 

Eric Schlosser

 

394.1 SCH

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal Eric Schlosser 394.1 SCH
Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook Nancy Clark 613.12 CLA
The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World John Robbins 613.2 ROB
Diet for a New America John Robbins 613.2 ROB
The Nutrition-Fitness Link: How Diet Can Help Your Body and Mind Charles A. Salter 613.2 SAK
The Zone: A Dietary Road Map Barry Sears 613.2 SEA
Fueling the Teen Machine Ellen L. Shanley 613.2 SHA
The Complete Book of Fitness: Mind, Body, Spirit   613.7 COM
Fitness Training for Girls Katrina Gaede 613.7 GAE
The Complete Book of Running for Women Claire Kowalchik 613.7 KOW
Eating in America: A History Waverly Root 641 ROO
Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating Jane Goodall 641.3 GOO
Vegan Planet: 400 Irresistible Recipes With Fantastic Flavors from Around the World Robin Robertson 641.5 ROB

 

 

Eating Disorders
Inside Out: Portrait of an Eating Disorder Nadia Shivak 92 SHI
Hope and Recovery: A Mother-Daughter Story About Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Emma Lou Thayne 362.1 THA
The Secret Language of Eating Disorders Peggy Claude-Pierre 616.35 CLA
Eating Disorders John R. Matthews 616.85 MAT
Surviving an Eating Disorder: Strategies for Family and Friends Michele Siegel 616.85 SIE
Anorexia and Bulimia Dayna Wolhart 616.85 WOL
Twins Marcy Dermansky FIC DER
What Happened to Lani Garver Carol Plum-Ucci FIC PLU
How I Live Now Meg Rosoff FIC ROS

 

 

Steroids
Drugs in Sports Edward Dolan 362.2 DOL
Designer Drug Abuse Michele McCormick 362.2 McC
Drugs, Steroids, and Sports Janet Mohun 362.2 MOH
Steroids Jacqueline Adams 362.29 ADA
Drugs and Controlled Substances: Information for Students   REF 613.8 DRU
Crackback John Coy FIC COY

 

 

 

Bullying
Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls Rachel Simmons 302.5 SIM
Dude, You're a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School C.J. Pascoe 306.76 PAS
Bullies and Victims: Helping Your Child Survive the Schoolyard Battlefield SuEllen Fried 371.5 FRI
And Words Can Hurt Forever:  How to Protect Adolescents from Bullying James Garbarino 373.1 SCH

 

First Aid

Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide   REF 610 HAR
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Health   REF 610.3 MAC
American Medical Association Family Medical Guide   REF 613 AME
Johns Hopkins Family Health Book  

REF 616 JOH

 

Relationships and Stereotypes

Media Messages: What Film, Television and Popular Music Teach Us About Race, Class, Gender and Sexual Orientation Linda Holtzman 302.23 HOL
He's a Stud, She's a Slut and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know Jessica Valenti 305 VAL
Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Lives of Boys Daniel Kindlon 305.23 KIN

Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls

Mary Bray Pipher 305.23 PIP
The Lolita Effect: Media Sexualization of Young Girls M. Gigi Durham 305.2308 DUR
Bitches, Bimbos, and Ballbreakers: The Guerrilla Girls' Illustrated Guide to Female Stereotypes Guerrilla Girls 305.4 BIT
Rights and Respect: What You Need to Know About Gender Bias and Sexual Harassment Kathlyn Gay 305.42 GAY
The Children Are Watching: How the Media Teach About Diversity Carlos Cortes 306 COR
In Love and in Danger: A Teen's Guide to Breaking Free of Abusive Relationships Barrie Levy 306.73
Why Can't We Talk? What Teens Would Share if Parents Would Listen Michelle L. Trujillo 306.874 TRU
Next Time She'll Be Dead: Battering and How to Stop It Ann Jones 362.82 JON
A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer Eve Ensler 362.82 MEM
Dating Violence: True Stories of Hurt and Hope John Hicks 362.88 HIC


 

Sex Education & Sexuality

The Shared Heart: Portraits and Stories Celebrating Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Young People Adam Mastoon 305.255 MAS
Is it a Choice? Answers to 300 of the Most Frequently Asked Questions of Gay and Lesbian People Erik Markus 305.906
Family Outing Chastity Bono 306.76 BON
The Go Ask Alice Book of Answers: A Guide to Good Physical, Sexual and Emotional Health   613 GOA
Changing Bodies, Changing Lives: A Book for Teens on Sex and Relationships Ruth Bell 613.9 BEL
The Seventeen Guide to Sex and Your Body Sabrina Solin 613.9 SOL
Girltalk: All the Stuff Your Sister Never Told You Carol Weston 613.9 WES
Am I Blue? Coming Out of from the Silence Marion Dane Bauer SC BAU
Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky FIC CHB
Annie on My Mind Nancy Garden FIC GAR
Geography Club Brett Hartinger FIC HAR
Bermudez Triangle Maureen Johnson FIC JOH
Deliver Us from Evie M.E. Kerr FIC KER
Absolutely, Positively Not David LaRochelle FIC LAR
Boy Meets Boy David Levithan FIC LEV
Between Mom & Jo Julie Ann Peters FIC PET
Empress of the World Sara Ryan FIC RYA
My Heartbeat Garrett Weyr FIC WEY
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Jeanette Winterson FIC WIN
Hard Love Ellen Wittlinger FIC WIT
The House You Pass on the Way Jacqueline Woodson FIC WOO

 Health Websites

Go Ask Alice! Columbia University's Health Q &A Service

South Shore Hospital Health Resources

Healthfinder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

In the Life: Documentary Stories from the Gay Experience

PLFAG: Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians and Gays

MEDA: Multiservice Eating Disorders Association

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Department of Health and Human Services: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

American Cancer Society

Teenshealth

Veganhealth.org

Yoga Journal

 

American Social Hygiene Posters 1910-1970

 

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