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Teens & Tanning: Sun Safety Update.


Teens & Tanning: Sun Safety Update

Learning ZoneXpress

PO Box 1022, Owatonna, MN 55060

1571751009 $49.95 1-888-455-7003 www.learningzoneexpress.com

Suntanning first became popular in the 1920s when fashion designer Coco Chanel Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (August 19, 1883 – January 10, 1971)[1] was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her arguably the most important figure in the history  made the practice truly fashionable. Today the medical science of dermatology has verified the hazards of overexposure overexposure

too long an exposure time or too high a milliamperage causing too black a picture, loss of detail and some anomalies of translucency.
 to the sun and the indiscriminate use of tanning beds. These medical hazards include skin cancer and premature aging of the skin (wrinkles wrinkles

See bells and whistles.
). Now there is a 16-minute informative DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
 that sums up the problems associated with suntanning, and shows how a few changes, such as seeking shade, applying sunscreen sunscreen /sun·screen/ (-skren) a substance applied to the skin to protect it from the effects of the sun's rays.

sun·screen
n.
, wearing sunglasses and hats, utilizing spray tanning, and avoiding tanning beds, can keep any teenager or young adult looking good and keeping safe while enjoying the sunshine. Every high-school and community library Health/Medicine collection should include the Teens & Tanning: Sun Safety Update DVD. Also highly recommended for young viewers grades 6 to adult is the MyPyramid: Pass It On! DVD (1571751041, $49.95) for healthy eating guidelines and information.
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Date:Sep 1, 2005
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