Growing Up Healthy: Protecting Your Child from Diseases Now Through Adulthood

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Simon and Schuster, 2004 - Family & Relationships - 316 pages
Outlines a step-by-step plan for parents designed to raise childhood obesity awareness and establish life-long healthy eating patterns, in a guide that covers such topics as allergies, eating disorders, and exercise.
 

Contents

A Pediatricians Passionate Plea to Parents by Dr Myron Winick
1
Killer Diseases Begin with Childhood Nutrition
9
You Can Lower the Risk of Childhood Obesity
19
You Can Protect Your Child from the Risk of Heart Disease
29
You Can Minimize Your Childs Risk of High Blood Pressure
35
You Can Diminish Your Childs Risk of Developing Type II Diabetes
43
You Can Lessen Your Childs Risk of Cancer
49
Pregnancy Adult Diseases Can Start in the Womb
61
Teaching Your Toddler to Thrive
99
Adolescence Life in the FastFood Lane
137
Your Family Medical Diary
159
Creating Your Childs Growth Book from Newborn to Adolescent
179
When You Visit Your Pediatriciana Checklist
189
Meatless Main Dishes and Pastas
227
Veggies and Sides
271
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