Diabetes-Free Kids: A Take-Charge Plan for Preventing and Treating Type-2 Diabetes in Children [Paperback]

Sheri Colberg (Author), Mary Friesz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2, 2005

A parent's action plan for stopping the epidemic of type 2 diabetes in children.

Diabetes-Free Kids is the first book to address the burgeoning epidemic of type 2 diabetes among children and to provide parents with an action plan for halting it. Exercise physiologist Sheri Colberg and nutritionist Mary Friesz lay out a clear plan for diet and exercise that will get even the pickiest eaters to enjoy healthier yet satisfying meals and snacks, and will motivate the most sedentary children to start moving.

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About the Author

Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., is an exercise physiologist and associate professor of exercise science at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She specializes in research in diabetes and exercise.

Mary Friesz, Ph.D., R.D., LDN, is a nutrition and wellness consultant who works with children and adults, specializing in weight management, diabetes control, and preventive lifestyle behavior modification.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Avery (June 2, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1583332219
• ISBN-13: 978-1583332214
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,169,389 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sheri Colberg, PhD, is an author, college professor (Old Dominion University), exercise physiologist, clinical exercise researcher, and international lecturer on healthy lifestyles, diabetes prevention and management, exercise and physical activity, and much more (see www.shericolberg.com for a full biography and access to her many articles and books). In addition to writing columns for DiabetesInControl.com and dLife.com, she is frequently interviewed by the media, with recent interviews appearing in USA Today, New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Diabetes Forecast, "Diabetes Living Today" radio show, and other media outlets. Her favorite pastime (besides being physically active) is sharing information to help people live not just longer, but especially healthier lives, and she practices what she preaches as she has been exercising and living well with type 1 diabetes for over 40 years.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Have an overweght child? Then this is a MUST!, February 6, 2006

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This review is from: Diabetes-Free Kids: A Take-Charge Plan for Preventing and Treating Type-2 Diabetes in Children (Paperback)

The hard reality is that we have an "epidemic" of obesity in children, the likes of which has never been seen before. Children are also getting OBESITY RELATED Diabetes and that is very, very serious...because while obesity carries its own risk factors (early onset heart disease, social rejection, etc)..diabetes can cause blindness, circulatory problems and worse.

This book is a guideline for parents who want to help their children from getting Diabetes - or to treat them if they do get it. The author means it when she writes "a take charge plan". This means parents and children can be pro-active and prevent diabetes or keep it from becoming even worse.

An absolute MUST READ for anyone with an obese child.