In just under three decades, the world has witnessed an enormous rise in obesity with a parallel growth in cardiometabolic disease risk factors characterized by insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and hypertension, together known as the metabolic syndrome - conditions previously unheard of in children and adolescents. During this time, we have little knowledge of the global and cumulative detrimental health effects of childhood obesity. As obese children age, not only will their health be ne...

Winner of the 2023 Association for the Study of Food and Society Book Prize for Edited VolumeImage by image and hashtag by hashtag, Instagram has redefined the ways we relate to food. Emily J. H. Contois and Zenia Kish edit contributions that explore the massively popular social media platform as a space for self-identification, influence, transformation, and resistance. Artists and journalists join a wide range of scholars to look at food’s connection to Instagram...

A general introduction to the social and legal issues involved in acts of violence against Native women, this book's contributors are lawyers, social workers, social scientists, writers, poets, and victims. In the U.S. Native women are more likely than women from any other group to suffer violence, from rape and battery to more subtle forms of abuse, and Sharing Our Stories of Survival explores the causes and consequences of such behavior. The stories and case-studies presented he...

Despite the lack of medical consensus regarding alcoholism as a disease, many people readily accept the concept of addiction as a clinical as well as a social disorder. An alcoholic is a victim of social circumstance and genetic destiny. Although one might imagine that this dual approach is a reflection of today's enlightened and sympathetic society, historian Sarah Tracy discovers that efforts to medicalize alcoholism are anything but new.Alcoholism in America tells the s...

Step-by-step advice for constructing a qualitative project from beginning to end, covering both foundational theory and real-world applicationQualitative Research Methods: Collecting Evidence, Crafting Analysis, Communicating Impact guides you through sequential stages of a qualitative research project, from project design and data collection to analysis, interpretation, and presentation. Drawing on her background in qualitative research methods and human ...

This volume addresses the role of communication in cultural change efforts within organizations, especially during periods of transition, mergers, technological innovations, and globalization. Included is a development of the nature and function of organizational cultures, discussion of the role of leadership in providing visions and framing organizational events, investigations of ethical issues, and careful examination of the importance of member involvement in change processes. Specific...

Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure—known as Beth—is not the kind of woman society expects her to be. Born into a strict and conventional Victorian world, she grows up questioning the rules that others follow without thinking. Curious, intelligent, and fiercely independent, Beth struggles to find her place in a society that believes a woman’s destiny should be quiet, obedient, and limited.In The Beth Book, Sarah Grand presents a deeply personal and powerful story of growth, self-di...

Fifteen years ago an au pair vanished from the Bennett house. Now, the child she cared for comes home to uncover the truth . . .When Annie Bennett returns after her mother's death, she expects grief, guilt, and the painful work of clearing out her childhood home. Instead, she uncovers a mystery that has long been buried.Fifteen years ago, Marie Sinclair came from Nova Scotia to work as the Bennetts' au pair. She was young, kind and loved by Annie and her li...

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • “A wise, tremendously moving exploration of what it means to seek companionship and understanding, in books and in life.”—Hua Hsu, author of Stay True“Stirring and sparkling.”—The Washington PostBooks can seduce you. They can, Sarah Chihaya believes, annihilate, reveal, and provoke you. And anyone incurably obsessed with books understands this kind of unsettling literary encounter...

When Relationship OCD enters a relationship, two people can love each other deeply and still feel painfully apart. Together Yet Apart is an essential guide for partners of those living with Relationship OCD (ROCD). Written by counsellor and ROCD specialist Tracy Foster, this compassionate and insightful book reveals the hidden ways ROCD reshapes love through intrusive doubts, relentless reassurance seeking, and emotional distance. If you have ever felt confused, hurt, or ...

A fascinating and emotional story which had me glued from first page to last - Louise FeinAs the bombs rain down, love and hope refuse to surrender.Malta, 1941. As bombs fall across the island and invasion looms, Kitty Campbell is haunted by the daughter she was forced to give up for adoption years before. Desperate to find her child, Kitty begins searching for answers - but uncovering the trail is complicated by her father's secretive past and a mysterious stranger on the ...

A Desert Rose RWA Golden Quill Award Winner, Historical Romance.To seal a fragile truce, Fiona Sinclair’s brothers trade her in marriage to their sworn enemy. Though devastated by their betrayal, she has little choice in the matter, for if she refuses, her innocent young sister must take her place. The spirited Fiona is willing to sacrifice her freedom to protect her kin, but she vows never to surrender her heart.As the eldest son of a clan chief, Myles Cam...