(4) YA Teen Issues series. This sensible look at teens and eating discusses healthy, unhealthy, and special diets; why we overeat; the importance of exercise; and eating disorders. Unfortunately, the book's creators subscribe to the kitchen-sink school of layouts: pages swarm with sidebars, keyword definitions, graphics, thought and dialogue balloons, and posed color photos of good-looking teens and even better-looking grub. Directory, reading list. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) YA Teen Issues series. This look at teens and fitness describes the benefits of exercise, cautions against exercise addiction and steroid use, and suggests specific exercises. There's much of use here if readers aren't scared off by the frantic layouts featuring sidebars, keyword definitions, graphics, thought and dialogue balloons, and posed photos of both the buff and the unbuff. Directory, reading list. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) YA Teen Issues series. These books devoted to three common addictive substances aren't scolds: the authors show compassion for affected teens, especially in sections describing social and cultural pressures that foster addictions. Unfortunately, the layouts, which bombard the reader with sidebars, keyword definitions, graphics, thought and dialogue balloons, and photos of adolescents ostensibly grappling with addiction, seem like a bad trip. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Teen Issues titles: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs.

Reviewer: Nell Beram