Childhood obesity is a growing and worrying epidemic in our country. Kids these days are not getting the appropriate foods and healthy activity they need. They are bombarded constantly by marketers selling them on highly processed snacks, drinks, and junk food and they've become the victims of isolating technology which only enables them to stay at home instead of going outside to play. Combat Fat for Kids offers an alternative plan of action for parents to help their children become more aware of good decisions and initiate solid solutions to improve the health of the entire family and beat this deadly disease. Written by acclaimed fitness expert James Villepigue and noted health writer Jo Brielyn, Combat Fat for Kids offers a comprehensive plan that will finally help kids to form better health habits, a more active life and a very bright future. The nutritional and exercise programs featured in the book are effective because they are geared toward the mindset and interests of the family as a whole. The book encourages wholesome nutrition, including whole, unprocessed food choices and embraces local and sustainable food that their young body's were designed to consume. Daily activities are included, that will add a spark to their body's natural fat fighting defense, as well as "kid play", sports, and family-based events. Additional sections on behavioral change provides the proper psychological framework for ingraining healthy choices that will last a lifetime. Combat Fat for Kids includes expert advice and tips from top nutritionists, dieticians, fitness professionals, and psychologists to provide a highly reliable resource that's built on an easy-to-understand foundation that can be adapted to meet the needs of every family. Combat Fat for Kids is also a great and important tool for every parent interested in making the process a more collaborative one for the whole family.

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY More than 30 percent of American children are overweight. Childhood obesity has become an epidemic in this country, leading to early onset diabetes and a general health crisis for children. The best plan to attack obesity starts at home and engages the whole family. And now, the experts at Texas Children's Hospital are providing the tools to do it. This book gives parents the information and strategies they need to help their children eat less fast food and boost fitness. It features information on healthy diet and exercise options for every age group. It gets families off to the right start for losing extra pounds and guides them through a step-by-step approach to creating a personalized plan for controlling weight. Through this guide, the experts at Texas Children's Hospital empower parents to establish healthy family habits. With numerous nutritious recipes, fun activities to get the family fit, and helpful tips to overcome weight management roadblocks, this guide is an excellent resource for parents who want to make a healthy lifestyle a way of life. Drawing on the expertise of the wide range of health professionals at Texas Children's Hospital, this book is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to family weight management and smart nutrition. Texas Children's Hospital is one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States. Consistently recognized as one of the top children's hospitals in the nation by Child magazine and the U.S. News & World Report, Texas Children's Hospital is committed to creating a community of healthy children through excellence in patient care, education and research.

The renowned Academy of the Sierras has helped hundreds of children—many severely overweight—achieve significant weight loss and keep it off for good. The first year-round weight-loss program for children and teens in the country, AOS teaches students how to make healthy eating and exercise priorities in their lives forever. For AOS students, losing weight not only helps them look and feel better, it fundamentally transforms their lives—encouraging them to build self-esteem, combat depression, and increase their academic performance. In The Sierras Weight-Loss Solution for Teens and Kids, the founders and program leaders of AOS offer parents everywhere a 12-week proven program based on the school's curriculum. The program gives week-by-week meal plans, recipes, and an exercise regimen, as well as crucial advice for getting the whole family involved in maintaining long-term weight loss. And, it helps kids change their thinking about food, and stay focused and committed to a new healthy lifestyle forever. With inspiring stories from AOS graduates throughout, this book provides the most effective blueprint to ensure lasting success. Academy of the Sierras has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, People, the Sacramento Bee, and the Los Angeles Times, as well as on CNN, Dateline, The Dr. Phil Show, and NPR. In addition to their original school near Fresno, California, AOS is opening a second school in Brevard, North Carolina, in the spring of 2007. In 2008, they are opening a school in the northeast. AOS is operated by Healthy Living Academies, which also runs six Wellspring summer weight-loss camps across the country.

Kids are getting fatter! Over 200 Million Children are currently overweight and the problem is escalating.We all know that the answer to weight loss is creating an energy deficit, usually through diet and exercise. But the reality is overweight Kids don't like diets and they don't like exercise! You can't force a Kid into healthy living you'll just face resistance and the Kid will suffer.The solution is to 'Trick' a kid into enjoying healthy food and enjoying losing weight by having fun without exercising. In this book you'll discover How to 'Trick' a Kid into; • Losing weight without realsing it! • Eating healthily and enjoy it! • Eating all they want of whatever they want and still lose weight!• Increase Activity Intensity through fun and laughter. • Reducing Stress, Anxiety and Depression by 50% • Burn Calories whilst standing still! • Feeling Great for no good reason! Also discover; - How a half of Parents of Obese kids don't know their kid is overweight! - Why a kids Thyroid is probably not the cause of their Obesity. - How eating as a family can prevent a Kid from drug addiction! - A meal where a kid can eat as much of whatever they want and still lose weight! - How a kid born after the year 2000 has a 50% chance of getting Cancer and how to reverse that probability. - How to use Language to 'Trick' kids into not eating Junk Food. Fully scientifically referenced!

With the spectre of a generation of children living shorter and less healthy lives than their parents hanging over us, this book offers insightful written solutions to the menacing problem of child obesity. It is packed with information on nutrition, fun exercises, and solutions to the scourge of couch-potato life.