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2022.
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English
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"With the wisdom of Intuitive Eating, a manifesto for parents to help them reject diet culture and raise the next generation to have a healthy relationship with food and their bodies. Kids are born intuitive eaters. Well-meaning parents, influenced by the diet culture that surrounds us all, are often concerned about how to best feed their children. Nearly everyone is talking about what to do about the childhood obesity epidemic. Meanwhile, every proposed...
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Sneezes, coughs, runny noses, spills, and messes are facts of everyday life with children. And that's why it's never too soon to teach little ones about germs and ways to stay clean and healthy. This book is a short course for kids on what germs are, what they do, and why it's so important to cover them up, block them from spreading, and wash them down the drain. Simple words complement warm, inviting, full-color illustrations that show real-life
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"From the author of EXPECTING BETTER, an economist's guide to the early years of parenting With Expecting Better, award-winning economist Emily Oster spotted a need in the pregnancy market for advice that gave women the information they needed to make the best decision for their own pregnancies. By digging into the data, Oster found that much of the conventional pregnancy wisdom was wrong. In Cribsheet, she now tackles an even great challenge: decision...
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English
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"A comprehensive overview of the female body over time, from those first gray hairs that crop up in our thirties to the menopause transition that can begin in our forties or fifties to the increased health risks ... we face in our sixties and beyond. ... Cameron shares cutting-edge research on aging, synthesizing insights from top medical experts with her own thoughts, opinions, and experiences"--Front jacket flap.
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Andrews McNeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Let's Talk About Down There is like the health class you wish you had -- think evidence-based, myth-busting sex ed where shame gets tossed out the window -- in a format that's as approachable as a fifteen-second video. Addressing topics such as hormones, menstrual cups, and birth control, all with the help of infographics and illustrations, this succinct, vibrant handbook answers the questions that you may have been too embarrassed to ask, so you'll...
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BenBella Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Shows how to not only prevent pain but how to fix your feet and halt damage to the rest of your body. Offers a set of exercises to eliminate unnecessary foot and lower-leg pain. Walks you through the shoes you should (and should not) be wearing at different life stages without sacrificing fashion.
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"From the woman known as the "Rock n' Roll Doctor" Gabrielle Francis, comes a prescription for feeling and looking great for the population who enjoys indulging in life's pleasures like carbs, sugar, or wine--and who may occasionally dip into excess"--
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Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"The things we do every day to keep ourselves clean can have surprising and unintended effects, as this entertaining introduction to the new science of skin microbes and probiotics reveals Keeping skin healthy is a booming industry, and yet it seems like almost no one agrees on what actually works. What one person says is vital another says is toxic. We have not cured acne or eczema, allergies keep getting worse, and autoimmune conditions are becoming...
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Adams Media
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
Description
"Get the lowdown on how to take care of your nether regions with this fun and frank guide focused on helping you maintain your private parts. Covering everything from everyday cleanliness to internal and external safe health advice as well as tips regarding the groom-or-not-to-groom debate and sex-friendly good habits to practice, Self-Care Down There will help you keep your private parts in tip-top shape while expressing the true you! Founder and...
11) Glow from within
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Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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2015.
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English
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"Though we talk about wanting to "age gracefully," the truth is that when it comes to getting older, we're programmed to dread an inevitable decline: in our health, our looks, our sexual relationships, even the pleasure we take in living life. But as Christiane Northrup, M.D., shows us in this profoundly empowering book, we have it in us to make growing older an entirely different experience, for both our bodies and our souls. In chapters that blend...
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Andy Cohen Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"In The Queen V, the beloved OB-GYN, celebrity doctor, and star of Bravo's Married to Medicine reveals the twelve principles behind a happy and healthy vagina...and other lady parts. After twenty years of private obstetrics and gynecological practice, there's nothing Dr. Jackie Walters hasn't seen. And now, in her new book, the widely-adored OB-GYN invites you to put your feet in the stirrups and investigate. Whether she's covering libido, contraceptives,...
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English
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"This groundbreaking book explains why women experience burnout differently than men--and provides a simple, science-based plan to help women minimize stress, manage emotions, and live a more joyful life. The gap between what it's really like to be a woman and what people expect women to be is a primary cause of burnout, because we exhaust ourselves trying to close the space between the two. How can you "love your body" when everything around you...
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Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
Description
Makeup artist Annamarie Tendler's Daily Face feature on her hugely popular Tumblr blog has inspired hundreds of thousands of followers. Now in her first book, she takes readers around the clock with 25 easy-to-achieve looks for everything from an afternoon first date to a retro-glam cocktail party or a sultry smoky-eyed late night. She even throws in some head-turning costume ideas. It's all about personal expression. Step-by-step photos make it easy...
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Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
In this collection of more than 40 columns, New York Times beauty writer Bee Shapiro gets the world's most photographed people to share their most intimate rituals: daily skin care regimens, opinions on makeup, hair care, diet and exercise, and the way beauty has evolved for each person over the course of his or her life. Beauty--unlike fashion--is something almost anyone can participate in and still have stellar results: the moisturizer that Emma...
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Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Offers nine lifestyle changes for improving brain health, combining the discoveries of Western medicine with the insights of a holistic approach to medicine from the East which can be used to promote long term mental acuity and resilience without drugs.
20) Brushing teeth
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Series
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Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Simple text, photographs, and diagrams present information about brushing teeth properly"--Provided by publisher.
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