Books
Nutrition
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Facing Food- A booklet about healthy eating for young people with a dieting disorder
By Dr Melissa Kang, Dietitian Felicity North and Dr Vera Schlumbom
Funded By Rotary Club of Winston Hills, NSW
ISBN 0 957 795122 2, 2001
Facing Food is a booklet about healthy eating for young people with, or potentially with, a dieting disorder. It is a resource that has been produced by the Department of Adolescent Medicine at the Children's Hospital at Westmead. Young people with various dieting disorders were consulted during the writing and production of the booklet. The booklet looks at the physical, emotional and social impacts of eating disorders as well as providing clear and simple information on the basic food groups and healthy exercising.
Facing Food is useful for:
- Young People with dieting disorder.
- Young People who want to learn and know about growth and development, nutritionin general, and dieting disorders.
- Teachers interested in growth and development, nutrition in general, and dieting disorders.
- Teachers interested in understanding concepts relating to dieting disorders and dietary considerations in the Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) key learning area.
- Doctors, dietitians and other health professionals.
To obtain a copy/copies of the Facing Food booklet, please ring Kids Health on +612 9845 3585 or email: KidsHealth.
Weight of Facing Food: 50g
Price: $4.95@ (incl. GST, excl. postage and packaging)
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Parenting
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You Can't Make Me
By Dr Leanne Rowe and Dr David Bennett
ISBN 1 86471 092 6, 2005
'Adolescence is a period of rapid change. Between the ages of twelve and seventeen, a parent can age as much as twenty years.'
Sullen, defiant, demanding. Having a teenager in your life can be your biggest challenge as a parent. If you're tired of the arguments, this book is for you.
Written by two doctors who have survived their children's teenage years and helped thousands of exhausted parents do the same, You Can't Make Me is full of practical tips to calm every household.
With humour and commonsense and the benefit of decades of experience, Dr Leanne Rowe and Dr David Bennett explain:
- The seven simple rules that will transform the way you parent your teen.
- How to stop arguments over homework, curfews and housework.
- Strategies to help your teenager reduce the risks of smoking, drugs and sex.
- Why keeping your child in school is the best thing you can do.
Be prepared. YOU CAN'T MAKE ME will change the way you parent. And it might even change your teenager.
To obtain a copy/copies of the You Can't Make Me, please ring Kids Health on +612 9845 3585 or email: KidsHealth
Weight of You can't make me: 155 g
Price : $19.95 @ (incl. GST, excl. postage and packaging)
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What to do when your children turn into teenagers
By Dr David Bennett and Dr Leanne Rowe
ISBN 1 86471077 2, 2003
Foreword by Her Excellency Professor Marie R Bashir AC, Governor of New South Wales Patron, NSW Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent Health.
Every parent wonders if they are doing a good job. When their kids become teenagers many begin to doubt themselves even more. This book will change the way you parent your teenagers. It covers what every parent needs to know about each stage of adolescence including:
the physical and emotional highs and lows of puberty
diet, health and eating disorders
problems with school, tertiary study, work and unemployment
drugs and other risk taking
how to protect your other relationships
tips for resolving conflicts with your teenager
preventing depression
where to go when you need to call in the professionals.
If you ever wanted to get your teenager to clean their room - without a full-scale argument - this is the book for you. If you want them to still love you as they grow into empowered adults - you can't do without it.
To obtain a copy/copies of 'What to do when your children turn into teenagers', please ring Kids Health on +612 9845 3585 or email: KidsHealth
Weight of What to do when your children turn into teenagers: 250g
Price : $34.95@ (incl. GST, excl. postage and packaging)
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Sexuality
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Unzipped:- Everything teenagers want to know about love, sex and each other
By Bronwyn Donaghy
ISBN 978 0 7322 8302 5, 2006 (Rev ed.)
This book is about what teenagers do and do not know about sex. It's about how and where they gain their experience, where they get their information and the consequences of their sexual activity. It's about real kids, with real lives that other kids can identify with. Unzipped deals frankly and sympathetically with the crucial role that love and emotions play in every aspect of adolescent sexuality. At the same time it answers all the questions about sex that worry, confuse, intrigue and embarrass teenagers.
To obtain a copy/copies of Unzipped, please ring Kids Health on +612 9845 3585 or email: KidsHealth.
Weight of Unzipped: 250g
Price: $21.95@ (incl. GST, excl. postage and packaging)
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Substance Use
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Anna's story - Anna Wood: the facts, the fury, the future
By Bronwyn Donaghy
ISBN 0 207 19184 0, 1996
Fifteen-year-old Anna Wood's life was tragically cut short when she took an ecstasy tablet at a dance party and died as a result three days later. Her family and friends were devastated. The Australian community was shocked. The author, with the help of the Australian Medical Association and the Wood family, has explored the circumstances leading up to Anna's death, and reveals the truth about drugs and drug-taking by Australian adolescents.
More effective than any academic report, Anna's story lifts the lid off teenage drug-taking and drug-peddling. It strips away the transparent glamour from rave/ecstasy parties and even about 'staying overnight at a friend's place'. It highlights the vexed issue of 'parental trust versus teenage freedom'. ~ Clin A/Prof David Bennett, Head, NSW Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent Health
To obtain a copy/copies of Anna's Story, please ring Kids Health on +612 9845 3585 or email: KidsHealth.
Weight of Anna's Story: 250g
Price: $24.95@ (incl. GST, excl. postage and packaging)
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Youth Suicide
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Leaving Early - Youth suicide: the horror, the heartbreak, the hope
By Bronwyn Donaghy
ISBN 0 732 25781 6, 1997
Leaving Early is an exploration into the high rate of youth suicide in Australia. This book is seeking answers to the questions we all have. Why do so many of our young people resort to suicide? What can family and friends do to avert a tragedy? How can we recognise the signs that someone we love is going under?
In Australia, about eight young people a week take their lives. And, for each one of these suicides, more than thirty other people are trying to kill themselves. Trying to escape, trying to flee- trying to leave life early.
Leaving Early weaves the true stories of Collin, Jason and Maz - three young people who decide to kill themselves - with advice from health professionals and includes vital information about what to do and where to go in a crisis, as well as dealing with the aftermath of a suicide. Ultimately, Leaving Early finds that among the wreckage of shattered lives there is a way forward- but only if our communities are prepared to provide young people with faith in their future.
No other work gives such honest and painful accounts of the lives of young people and their families. The author not only offers insights, but also shows hopeful ways forward, and the possibility of mastering the challenge of youth suicide.
To obtain a copy/copies of Leaving Early, please ring Kids Health on +612 9845 3585 or email: KidsHealth
Weight of Leaving Early: 300g
Price : $26.95@ (incl. GST, excl. postage and packaging)
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