Children’s and teenage literature studies: general

With Courage and Compassion celebrates the contributions of women to nations, societies, churches, and the ecumenical movement.

Visser 't Hooft and the Shaping of Ecumenical TheologyVisser 't Hooft is, perhaps, the most distinguished figure in the modern ecumenical movement, emerging in the postwar decades as a pivotal figure.

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For too many students, Christian theology is learned in isolation from other religions traditions.

All of us should condemn terrorism--whether the perpetrators are Muslim extremists, white supremacists, Marxist revolutionaries, or our own government.

Examining the fundamental relationship between housing and health, this perceptive volume illuminates how the health of those living with housing instability is affected by the day-to-day issues they face.

Cereal grains are a major part of the global diet, but their nutritional benefits depend on how they are processed.

When Marco receives a globe for his birthday, he has no idea what magical powers it holds until one night he is whisked away on an exciting adventure he will never forget.

Healthy Rules of the Road educates, motivates, and inspires families to make healthy lifestyle choices and to become aware of those choices.

Avoid the rapid weight gain resulting from starving your body for longer than forty-eight hours.

When Dea Cappelli found herself lost in a diagnosis of breast cancer, she determined to take control over the situation.

Nutrition and diet play a crucial role in sustaining good health throughout human lives.

Wild Visionary reconsiders Maurice Sendak's life and work in the context of his experience as a Jewish gay man.

A new picture of China's rise since the Age of Exploration and its historical impact on the modern world.

A new history of twentieth-century North Africa, that gives voice to the musicians who defined an era and the vibrant recording industry that carried their popular sounds from the colonial period through decolonization.

This book is the story of the emergence and development of writing for children in modern Korea.

The Legend of Rami the Wolf is a true story about a captive born gray wolf that devoted her life as an Ambassador wolf to teaching people the value of wolves and of returning them to the wilderness to restore a healthy ecosystem.

Monster Doctor teaches children that going to the doctor is not as bad as they think.

Adaptation in Young Adult Novels argues that adapting classic and canonical literature and historical places engages young adult readers with their cultural past and encourages them to see how that past can be rewritten.

This is a book of recipes and suggestions to help those who are gluten intolerant to enjoy their food.

Healthy Eating for Chronic Kidney Disease was written to benefit both patients and registered dietitians or new renal dietitians.

Feeding problems in children are relatively common, and often resolve themselves with little need for intervention.

'This book effectively bridges the gap between dietitian, doctor, nurse and pharmacist and there is much in it to educate even the more experienced practitioner.

Highly recommended by CHOICE, Oct 2018Extremophiles are nature's ultimate survivors, thriving in environments ranging from the frozen Antarctic to abyssal hot hydrothermal vents.

There is a documented link between fetal nutrition and the development of disease risk in adult life.

Barasi's Human Nutrition: A Health Perspective, Third Edition, provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles and practice of nutrition.

Written as an introductory food science textbook that excites students and fosters learning, the first edition of Introducing Food Science broke new ground.

Sarcopenia: Molecular, Cellular, and Nutritional Aspects describes the progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength, defined by Rosenberg in 1997 as a hallmark of aging and referred to as "e;sarcopenia.

This second edition of a bestseller, Nutrition in Public Health: Principles, Policies, and Practice focuses on the role of the federal government in determining nutrition policy and influencing practice.

"e;Approximately 65% of our population is overweight and 12% are morbidly obese.

The supplement market continues to grow annually with more than half of the population using these products for reasons spanning from health maintenance to disease prevention and/or treatment.

Affecting more than 800 million people, food insecurity is a global problem that runs deeper than hunger and undernutrition.

While medical professionals continue to practice traditional allopathic medicine, the public has turned toward nutritional and integrative medical therapies, especially for addressing the proliferation of chronic diseases.

Eating disorders are among the most complex disorders to treat, typically requiring medical, nutritional, and psychotherapeutic interventions.

The maintenance of telomeres-repetitive sequences at the end of chromosome-is essential to health.

Diet is a major factor in health and disease.

Presently, ideas about food are in flux from a variety of sources.

Psoriasis is a life-long chronic autoimmune disease characterized by thick scaly skin lesions and often associated with severe arthritis.

Biofortification, which can be defined as the process of increasing the content/density of essential nutrients and/or its bioavailability of food with valuable compounds, is a promising means of increasing nutrient intakes.

Research studies demonstrate diet and proper nutrition in conjunction with cognitive, mental, social, and physical activities can significantly help in improving brain health with advancing age, and potentially reduce the risk of cognitive decline.

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are chronic diseases of long duration and generally slow progression, including cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes.

This book contains the necessary knowledge and tools to incorporate nutrition into primary care practice.

Serotonin and Melatonin: Their Functional Role in Plants, Food, Phytomedicine, and Human Health highlights the significance of the plant sources of serotonin and melatonin in the fields of medicine, agriculture, and food science.

This book addresses various clinical and sub clinical applications of antioxidant nutraceuticals, with a primary focus on preventive use for general wellness, common ailments, and such chronic illnesses as cancer and neurological applications.

Nearly half of the world's adult population is either clinically obese or overweight.

Food allergy is an adverse immunological reaction to allergens present in food.

Animals are biological transformers of dietary matter and energy to produce high-quality foods and wools for human consumption and use.

Short Bowel Syndrome: Practical Approach to Management is the first reference exclusively about the issues experienced by patients with a short bowel.

Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States and continues to increase in prevalence in almost all countries in which it has been studied, including developed and developing countries around the globe.

Obesity and eating disorders have stubbornly refused to respond to treatment since the 1990's.