Scale Back! Why Childhood Obesity is Not Just About Weight - Softcover

Earles, Kathy A.; Moore, Sandra E.

9780974314488: Scale Back! Why Childhood Obesity is Not Just About Weight

Softcover

ISBN 10: 097431448X ISBN 13: 9780974314488

Publisher: Hilton Publishing, 2009

African American parents can learn how to help their children fight obesity with the techniques and recipes presented in this handbook. Based on the dramatic increase in the numbers of obese African American children in the last 15 years, these constructive strategies teach children how to replace overeating and junk food with exercise and nutritional sustenance. A section on the basics of good nutrition and healthy eating habits includes more than 25 delicious low-calorie recipes and teaches children the positive benefits of proper nutrition. Clear, focused, and compassionate, this program for achieving and maintaining good health helps parents help children—and themselves—reverse the trend toward obesity in favor of healthier lives at healthier weights.

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About the Author:

Kathy Amille Earles, MD, teaches courses in pediatrics at the Morehouse School of Medicine. She is the recipient of the Ruth E. Moore Service Award from Howard University’s College of Medicine and has been awarded the title of one of the leading African American physicians by Black Enterprise Magazine. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

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