Trim Kids: The Proven 12-Week Plan That Has Helped Thousands of Children Achieve a Healthier Weight

by Sothern, Melinda S.

• ISBN13: 9780060188153
• ISBN10: 0060188154
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

If you think your chubby child will outgrow his or her weight, think again. Today's world of fast food and sedentary pastimes does little to encourage physical activity and healthy eating. One in four children in this country is unhealthily overweight, and the physical and emotional costs will shorten his or her life. But there's good news: Parents can take charge -- and Trim Kids shows how. This easy-to-use, scientifically tested plan helps children achieve a healthy weight -- and have fun doing it. Written by a team of medical experts with over fifteen years of experience helping overweight kids, this book will help you reverse the vicious circle of childhood obesity. Trim Kids is a unique twelve-week plan that gives parents and children a positive, safe initial approach to lifetime weight management. Each week, parents and kids together will practice scientifically proven ways to increase daily activity and will set (and celebrate!) achievable eating and exercise goals. Children will learn kid-specific exercises especially designed for their weight levels, and the family will enjoy dozens of menu plans with tasty, nutritious, kid-tested recipes. You'll discover easy nutrition strategies -- including shopping lists and dining-out tips -- perfect for busy caregivers, and you'll learn how to coach your child in well-established behavioral strategies for making healthier lifestyle choices away from home. The Trim Kids Program is based on the fifteen-year success of one of the only multidisciplinary team approaches in the world for preventing and treating childhood obesity, an approach that has been featured on Oprah, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, and 48 Hours and in USA Today, Ladies' Home Journal, and elsewhere. No matter why your child is overweight, this book -- and its twelve-week plan -- will provide the support you need to ensure success. Soon, the whole family will be practicing new, healthier nutrition and activity habits.

Author Biography

Melinda S. Sothern, Ph.D., M.Ed., C.E.P., is a licensed clinical exercise physiologist and a research faculty member and director of the Pediatric Obesity Clinical Research Section at the Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. She directs the Prevention of Childhood Obesity Laboratory at the LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge. She has published extensively in the field of pediatric obesity and is a member of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control's Expert Panel on Childhood Obesity T. Kristian von Almen, Ph.D., is a research psychologist and assistant clinical professor in pediatrics at LSU Health Sciences Center. His behavioral techniques and psychosocial considerations for overweight children have been nationally and internationally presented and published Heidi Schumacher, R.D., L.D.N., C.D.E., is the chief clinical dietitian at Children's Hospital in New Orleans. She is a certified diabetes educator and nutrition director with the LSU Health Sciences Center Pediatric Weight Management Program

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Foreword	p. x
Introduction	p. xii
Setting the Stage for Success
Is My Child Overweight?	p. 2
Embracing the Elements	p. 11
Gearing Up and Getting Started	p. 18
From Fattening to Fulfilling Foods	p. 29
Encouraging Physical Activity: Let the Children Play!	p. 42
Making Behavioral and Lifestyle Changes	p. 64
The Trim Kids Twelve-Week Program
Ready, Set, Go!	p. 80
Eating Meals and Snacks the Trim Kids Way	p. 106
Solving Problems Family Style	p. 143
Monitoring Your Momentum	p. 177
Body Basics	p. 198
Esteem Builders	p. 227
Success Over Stress	p. 253
Keeping It All Together	p. 283
Emotional Pitfalls	p. 307
Taking Vacations and Dining Out	p. 327
Fun Facts and Relapse Prevention	p. 352
Reassessing, Recommitting, and Forging the Future	p. 367
Forms You'll Need	p. 383
Trim Kids Weekly Report and Goal Sheet	p. 384
Trim Kids Aerobic Activity and Food Checklist	p. 386
Trim Kids Strength and Flexibility Workout Chart	p. 388
Form Letter--Request to Limit Physical Activities	p. 392
Index	p. 393
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