What's happening to me? Why is my body changing? Why do I feel different? This updated and expanded edition of the award-winning classic Growing Up continues to provide straightforward and reassuring answers to these questions for anyone going through adolescence. The book describes in an approachable way exactly what happens in the body at the time of puberty. The role of hormones is clearly explained, and there are informative sections on sex, contraception, sexually transmitted infections and drugs, as well as plenty of advice on healthy eating, exercise and hygiene. Time after time, Growing Up manages tricky subjects without fuss... The text is sanely direct... in everything it covers, the book will inform, relieve anxiety and it will teach one sex about the other with graphic clarity.