American Medical Association Girl's Guide to Becoming a Teen

Amy B. Middleman, MD, MSEd, MPH, is a board-certified Adolescent Medicine specialist and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. She is a practicing and teaching physician specializing in the care of adolescents at Texas Children's Hospital. In addition to her Doctor of Medicine degree, she has a Master of Science in Education and a Master of Public Health degree. Kate Gruenwald Pfeifer, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker. She has a master's degree in social work from Columbia University as well as a certificate in psychodynamic psychotherapy with children and adolescents from NYU Psychoanalytic Institute.

• Foreword 3Chapter One: Welcome to Puberty 6Chapter Two: Eating, Exercise, and a Healthy Weight 14Chapter Three: Your Height 26Chapter Four: Your Skin, Teeth, and Hair 32Chapter Five: Your Reproductive System-Inside and Out 50Chapter Six: Your Period 64Chapter Seven: Your Feelings 72Chapter Eight: Relationships 86Chapter Nine: What About Sex? 100Find Out More! 113Glossary 116Index 125