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    — Kitty Gurkin Rosati, author of “The Rice Diet Solution”

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    — Henry S. Lodge, M.D., author of “Younger Next Year

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    — Hyla Cass M.D., author of “Natural Highs”

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    — David Rippe, Author of “The Flip: Turn Your World Around”

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    — Antonia Demas, Ph.D, Author of “Food Is Elementary: A Hands-on Curriculum for Young Students”
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    — Irina Kragh-Thimgren, President, Planet Fitness Russia
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    " The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie is a real affirmation of the many myths hidden within the health and fitness industry. In my 20 years as a fitness professional I have never heard anyone that tells it as straight as Craig Pepin-Donat does in his book. It's about time someone sorted out this crazy industry. "
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    ALCOHOLISM AND ADDICTION

    Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
    www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
    Alcoholics Anonymous® is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. Their primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.

    The Antidepressant Solution: A Step-by-Step Guide to Safely Overcoming Antidepressant Withdrawal, Dependence, and Addiction
    Joseph Glenmullen
    ISBN: 0743269721
    Publishers Weekly Review: “The author of Prozac Backlash returns with important and sound advice for patients who are taking antidepressant medications, particularly selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) like Prozac and Paxil.”

    National Eating Disorders Association
    www.NationalEatingDisorders.org

    National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
    www.niaaa.nih.gov
    (Part of the National Institutes of Health)

    National Institute on Drug Abuse
    www.nida.nih.gov

    Nicotine Solutions
    www.NicotineSolutions.com

    Smoke Enders
    www.SmokeEnders.com


    ADDICTION — GENERAL TOPICS

    7 Tools to Beat Addiction
    Stanton Peele, Ph.D.
    ISBN: 1400048737
    Publishers Weekly Review: “Emphasizing a person’s own sense of responsibility as the driving force behind overcoming addiction, Peele’s book outlines seven tools that can serve as a foundation for successful recovery — Values, Motivation, Rewards, Resources, Support, a Mature Identity and Higher Goals — and includes exercises to help readers design their own program.”

    Addiction and Change: How Addictions Develop and Addicted People Recover
    Carlo C. DiClemente
    ISBN: 1593853440
    Review: William R. Miller, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University
    of New Mexico — “Dr. DiClemente offers a comprehensive and fruitful framework to stimulate new professional thought on addiction policy,
    prevention, research, and treatment.”

    Natural Highs
    Dr. Hyla Cass and Patrick Holford
    ISBN: 1583331336
    www.drcass.com
    Review: Jack Canfield, co-author of the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul, “Offers ground-breaking evidence that the ability to feel good all the time — naturally — is easily within our grasp.”

    Understanding Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction
    Gregory Bock and Jamie Goode
    Symposium on Understanding Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction
    ISBN: 0470016574
    Book Description: Cigarette smoking is estimated to lead to 4.9 million premature deaths per year worldwide. This is predicted to rise to 10 million by 2020. Topics covered include the nature of the worldwide health problem posed by cigarette smoking, the psychodynamics of cigarette addiction and the basic pharmacology and biochemistry of nicotine and its effect on the brain.

    Willpower’s Not Enough: Recovering from Addictions of Every Kind
    Arnold M. Washton, Ph.D., and Donna Boundy, M.S.W.
    ISBN: 0060919698
    Book Description: Many people think that what the addict needs is willpower, but nothing could be further from the truth. When a person has already lost control over a drug or activity, attempts to control its use almost never work. Because the source of addiction isn’t the drug or activity itself, but a desire for a mood changer, successful recovery means ultimately changing the way we live, giving up the addictive lifestyle.


    TELEVISION

    Remotely Controlled: How Television Is Damaging Our Lives – And What We Can Do about It
    Aric Sigman
    ISBN: 0091902606
    Book Description: More than an indictment of the dangers of watching too much television, Remotely Controlled draws attention to the glaring imbalances in our lives and shows us how exposure to greenery can counter the harmful effects of the screen.

    Television and Child Development
    Judith Van Evra
    ISBN: 0805848649
    Book Description: Television and Child Development explores how, and to what extent, television and other media actually affect children, and what role other variables may play in mediating their impact, so that we can maximize technology’s potential for enriching children’s cognitive, social, and emotional development, while at the same time minimizing any
    negative influence.

    TV-Turnoff Network
    www.tvturnoff.org
    Empowering people to take control of technology and not letting technology take control of them so they can live healthier lives.



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