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Know The Facts

6 books in this series

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  Lively, clear text gives readers the facts and allows them to make up their own minds about the issues it presents.

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  A range of panels such as 'What would you do?' and 'Help yourself' invites readers to think about issues and make their own decisions.

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  Engaging photographs, many of them specially-commissioned for the series.

Sample Spread From Series

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  Diet

  Contents:
  

  • Food for life
  • What happens when we eat?
  • Food groups
  • Water and fibre
  • A balanced diet
  • Calories
  • Read the label
  • Processed food
  • Where does food come from?
  • I'm not eating that!
  • Food and tradition
  • Vegetarianism
  • The eating habit
  • Body image
  • Obesity
  • Dieting
  • Anorexia
  • Bulimia
  • Food allergies and intolerances
  • Food hygiene
  • Make it, eat it!
  • Glossary
  • Further information
  • Index

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5385 7

  
  

  196x256mm - 48 pages

  
  

  £12.99 HB

  
  
   

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  Drinking and Smoking

  Contents:
  

  • Polluting the body
  • Smoking: a growth industry
  • Alcohol: the world's favourite drug
  • Smoking and the human body
  • Alcohol and the human body
  • Binge drinking
  • Long-term effects
  • Addiction
  • Pressure to drink and smoke
  • The cost to society
  • Is there a 'safe' level?
  • Drinking, smoking and the law
  • Tomorrow's health today
  • Glossary
  • Further information
  • Index

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5386 4

  
  

  195x257mm - 48 pages

  
  

  £12.99 HB

  
  
   

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  Drugs

  Contents:
  

  • Drugs in everyday life
  • What are drugs?
  • Why do people use drugs?
  • Are drugs safe?
  • Stimulants
  • Depressants
  • Hallucinogens and anagelsics
  • Problem drug use
  • Worried about someone?
  • Getting help
  • In an emergency
  • Making the right choices
  • Glossary
  • Further information
  • Index

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5387 1

  
  

  195x256mm - 48 pages

  
  

  £12.99 HB

  
  
   

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  Personal Safety

  Contents:
  

  • How safe are you?
  • Risk
  • Out and about
  • In your home
  • Water safety
  • A sporting chance
  • Emergency!
  • Danger signs
  • Peer pressure
  • Bullying
  • Who can you trust?
  • Safety in numbers
  • On your way
  • Theft and mugging
  • Mobile phones
  • Keep it private!
  • Internet friends
  • Home alone
  • Alcohol and substance abuse
  • Don't keep it a secret
  • Think ahead!
  • Glossary
  • Further information
  • Index

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5388 8

  
  

  195x256mm - 48 pages

  
  

  £12.99 HB

  
  
   

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  Physical Health

  Contents:
  

  • Fit and healthy?
  • The benefits of physical exercise
  • Getting fitter
  • Lungs, heart and circulation
  • Unhealthy lifestyles
  • Exercise and your body
  • Finding the right activities
  • Planning for exercise
  • Keeping clean
  • Future fitness
  • Glossary
  • Further information
  • Index

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5384 0

  
  

  196x256mm - 48 pages

  
  

  £12.99 HB