Healthy Eating, Healthy Weight for Kids and Teens

Jodie Shield and Mary Mullen, registered dietitians, mothers, and experts on nutrition for children and teens, break down the science behind childhood weight management and provide tips and guidance for families. Healthy Eating, Healthy Weight for Kids and Teens provides eight successful weight management strategies recommended by The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics - the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. Backed by years of research, these eight strategies can help your child or teen reach a healthier weight and keep it that way. Even if your child or teen is not overweight, studies have found that each of these strategies may be the key to preventing unhealthy weight gain and to developing healthy eating habits that will last a lifetime.

Readers are encouraged to choose one strategy to work on at time. Meal plans and appealing recipes round out the book.