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Get a Healthy Weight for Your Child: A Parent's Guide to Better Eating and Exercise

Get a Healthy Weight for Your Child: A Parent's Guide to Better Eating and Exercise

by Brian Mccrindle (Author), JamesWengle (Author)

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    Paperback 2005

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Synopsis

Our society contains millions of children who are categorised as either overweight or obese, and the numbers continue to increase. Kids are consuming too many calories - many of which are from convenience and fast foods - and they are getting too little exercise. These super-sized kids now suffer from adult diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertension, High Cholesterol and even Strokes. This book is designed to help parents to treat and prevent childhood obesity by using information and methods based on the best scientific evidence available rather than on potentially dangerous fad diets and exercise routines. Recent government statistics showed that 37 per cent of children aged 2 to 11 were overweight, and about 18 per cent were clinically obese. And...about twice as many boys as girls are in that latter category. Just look around you. This book contains a complete background on the fundamentals of good nutrition, and a programme to help parents and children to work together to achieve a healthy weight.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 301
 Edition: illustrated edition
 Publisher: Robert Rose Inc
Published: 10 Nov 2005
ISBN 10: 0778801144
ISBN 13: 9780778801146

Media Reviews
Designed to help parents prevent and treat childhood obesity using the best medical and scientific methods rather than potentially dangerous fad diets and exercise routines.--Carole Pecora San Diego Union-Tribune (12/03/2005)
Brilliant in its simplicity: if you child begins to eat a healthful diet and begins a healthful level of activity, a healthy weight will follow in a healthful amount of time. The author's message is one that will inform and motivate rather than overwhelm and discourage... an inexpensive, well-written, accurate, and easy-to-read, and easy-to-follow guide to get a healthy weight for your child.-- (12/01/2006)
Full of case studies, charts, and do's and don'ts to help you raise a healthy child.--Miami Herald (01/25/2006)
It can be hard to keep your children healthy and eating right. But [in this book] parents have help in the battle for a healthier lifestyle.-- (12/05/2005)
We all know what's needed to lose weight, for ourselves and for our kids. Eat less. Exercise more. It's a simple formula, but one that can be perilously difficult to implement... If you're really ready to clear all the junk food from the pantry and clear all the lazy people from the couch, you'll find checklists and schedules and plans here to get you moving in the right direction. If you're not ready, the book offers plenty of rationale for changing your ways, chapters and chapters of it... The book's headline- and box-heavy structure makes it easy to dip back into the earlier chapters for any information, assistance, or chastising you may need.-- (01/01/2008)
Author Bio

Brian McCrindle, MD, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Toronto and Section Head of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Cardiology, at the world famous Hospital for Sick Children. He appears regularly on television and radio health programs as an expert in obesity-related diseases among children and adolescents. He lives in Toronto, Canada.

James G. Wengle, BSc, MSC, is a Certified Can-Fit-Pro personal trainer. He has first-hand experience in overcoming childhood obesity and is now committed to education and prevention of obesity in young people. He lives in Toronto, Canada.