Synopses & Reviews
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.
Synopsis
Dr. Kathi Earles shows parents how they can take control over an increasingly, alarming health risk--childhood obesity--by teaching parents how to read labels, look for warning signs, and establish healthy eating habits. Scale Back will also explore the genetic factors that may contribute to a child being overweight.
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.
Thomas is a former feature writer at the Houston Chronicle where she specialized in stories about Vietnamese Elvis impersonators, underwear nuseum curators, and hunky movie stars.Dr. Sandra E. Moore is currently an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA. She has a special interest in childhood obesity and runs a weight management clinic for overweight kids.