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Healthy Eating, Healthy Weight for Kids and Teens
Author(s): Jodie Shield (Author), Mary Catherine Mullen (Author)
- Publisher: Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics
- Publication Date: 15 Dec. 2011
- Language: English
- Print length: 276 pages
- ISBN-10: 0983725500
- ISBN-13: 9780983725503
Book Description
In a world of fast food, supersized sodas, and televised temptations, this guide shows how to buck the obesity trend currently in the national spotlight&;and have fun doing it. Using a family approach, the book describes eight strategies for managing weight; learning to make good, appealing food choices; staying active; and building better long-term habits for a healthy life. Also included are 44 easy recipes to get readers started.
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About the Author
Jodie Shield, MEd, RD, is a recipe developer and freelance writer. She has written more than 300 newspaper, magazine, and internet articles on nutrition. Mary Catherine Mullen, MS, RD, provides counseling to professional sports teams, currently the Chicago White Sox, and counsels overweight and diabetic children and their parents at Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke&;s Medical Center. They are partners in JM and Associates, Inc., a food and nutrition communications consulting company and the coauthors of The American Dietetic Association Healthy Eating for Kids. They both live in Chicago.
