Item category 2: Health Information Point

'Need to Know' is a series that examines the various social phenomena that are generally considered harmful. This includes medical conditions. Each book traces the history, prevalence and consequences of such phenomena and offers ways of finding help for those involved or affected.

Written by an experienced team of physicians and nurses, this quick-reference assists the reader in matching their signs and symptoms with possible conditions. It covers the most commonly seen symptoms in adults and children.

Karen Sullivan offers an understanding and sympathetic holistic approach to childhood weight problems and provides a wide variety of suggestions any family will benefit from. The book gently explains what constitutes overweight, why children get fat and how they can be persuaded to eat well and g...

Optimum nutrition is giving yourself the best possible intake of nutrients to allow your body to be as healthy as it possibly can be. Holford also explains how to design your own personal supplement programme, and provides a nutrient fact file.

This offers authoritative but instant, practical and common-sense advice for parents, including the latest research on the distressing and misunderstood condition of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Subject: Figures also available at www.manchester.gov.uk/health/jhu/intelligence/wards.htm

Including reflexology and head massage routines, plus ways to relieve common ailments such as colic, teething, earache and congestion, this easy step-by-step guide shows how you can make calming and loving touch a part of your baby's daily routine from birth.

Back problems make people's lives a misery. 'Beat Back Pain' will help sufferers understand their problems and work with real strategies and ideas to help them overcome it.