Weight Matters for Children

"'At last an enlightening well researched and practical book on keeping our children fit and healthy in today's society. With so much conflicting advice in all forms of today's media it has become almost impossible to split fact from fiction. This book helps us to do just that by examining the latest evidence based research and putting it together in a clear and easy to read book that is made up of both facts and common sense. An absolute must for all caring parents and health care professionals alike.' Jane DeVille-Almond, Independent Nurse Consultant and a Director of the NOF"

• Children and choice: Children, choices and the Balance of Good Health. Flavours and fullness. Measuring a child’s size and boosting activity. Preschool children: Milk, weaning and promoting healthy foods. Developing a taste for the healthy things in life. Understanding problem eaters. Focus on fitness for preschool children. Junior children from five to twelve: The healthy body jigsaw. How does parenting style influence children’s behaviour? Helping an overweight child. Kids will be active if they can. Nutrition and health problems: Nutritional nuts and bolts. The Food Frequency Framework. Vegetarian and Vegan eating. An A-Z of conditions that affect weight and eating. Abdominal pain. Colic. Abdominal migraine. Swollen abdominal glands. Urine infection. Allergies. Peanut allergy. Milk allergy. Egg allergy. Anorexia or loss of appetite. Appendicitis. Asthma. Coeliac disease. Constipation. Cow’s milk intolerance. Cystic fibrosis. Depression. Diabetes. Diarrhoea. Gastro-oesophageal reflux. Inflammatory conditions of the gut. Phenylketonuria. Pyloric stenosis. Thyroid disorders. Tooth decay. Worms.