Neil Izenberg

Steven A. Dowshen

Mary L. Gavin

Show how to choose the right kind of exercise and meals, with easy-to-follow activities and recipes.

A Practical Guide to Raising Active and Healthy Children -- from Birth to Teens

Fit Kids

Too much fast food and a lack of exercise present major health concerns for today's children, but as any parent knows, it's difficult to encourage good nutrition and an active lifestyle. Fit KIDS provides all the answers you need in one volume. This is a comprehensive and practical book for Australian parents who want their children to eat well - and get off the couch! - Shows how to choose the right kind of exercise and meals, with easy-to-follow activities and recipes - Covers every stage of a child's development from birth to adulthood - Provides sensitive, practical advice on helping youngsters at risk of becoming overweight - Written by a team of medical experts from the award-winning website KidsHealth.org and Jacqueline Dalby-Payne, Consultant Paediatrician, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, New South Wales.

A Practical Guide to Raising Active and Healthy Children - from Birth to Teens

Elizabeth Bass

Accessible, authoritative advice from the creators of the award-winning KidsHealth website Now the pediatricians behind the celebrated KidsHealth.org website which averages one million hits a day have created an exciting general children's health reference. Packed with solid advice from medical experts and seasoned parents, The KidsHealth Guide helps new parents master the basics of keeping their children healthy and gives veterans a chance to conveniently review the essentials. User-friendly and fun, this comprehensive guide offers authoritative answers without intimidating length. Lists, tip boxes, decision trees, and bite-size segments with clear headings allow parents--especially the newer, frazzled kind--to find what they need fast. Covers everything from prenatal care, and to common illnesses, emergencies, safety, growth and development, chronic conditions, special needs, medications, nutrition, and invaluable suggestions on making effective and affordable use of the health care system.

Steven A. Dowshen

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