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Ending the Food Fight: Guide Your Child to a Healthy Weight in a Fast Food/Fake Food World

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This book is my new Bible for my diet and my patients. It's practical information is invaluable. The science relating to this difficult field is raised to a new level. And what is unusual about this book is the compassionate feeling which is conveyed throughout. It is clearly advice for people of all ages.

This is a really terrific book! Dr. Ludwig has done brilliant research on the cause of obesity. This book is actually the second food fight he has ended. The first was between the low carbohydrate and the low fat diet proponents. His definitive research findings show that the low glycemic carbohydrate diet is superior to the low fat diet. This book ends the food fight between the loving parents who want the best for their child and the food producers who just want your children to eat as much as possible to fatten their profits.
If any of your children are overweight, you MUST read this book. Dr. Ludwig addresses the problem of motivating your child to lose weight in a loving, down to earth, practical way.

This book isn't just another diet book based on somebody's single theory. It is a compilation of much testing and research in regards to overcoming weight issues. The information is well presented and easily understood. It has helped our family make and keep to better eating and exercise habits and has helped us all trim a few pounds. Highly recommended.

I hold a doctorate in nutrition and have been a registered dietitian for more than 30 years. This is the book that I have been waiting for to help families deal with eating issues that affect children today. Dr. Ludwig is the nation's foremost expert on nutrition and children. He is unique in that he both conducts high-power research studies to confirm what he tells his patients is correct, and bcounsels overweight children in his clinical practice. He has learned first hand what children experience related to the pressures they feel from the food industry and their peers. I am getting this book for my grandson (aged 6 months; it is never too soon to start eating healthy). I only wish it were avaiable for my own children when they were younger.

This is a good, helpful book, though a bit of a chore to slog through. There are too many sidebars, which I found disruptive, and the book seems to be written as though the author is talking to a young child, that is, simplistic, if not, sophmoric. However, what the author has to say and some of his advice and insights are very much worthwhile. I do think it may have been more effective without the "case studies;" a more straightforward account of children's relationships with foods in the early part of this century.

When my child was diagnosed as obese, we looked for help everywhere and anywhere. I finally came across this book and it has become the family bible. The book starts with basic nutrition, obesity-related health problems, and then talks about how our environment has changed over the past decades to promote obesity. It then talks about a low glycemic index diet and gives a 9 week battle plan for changing eating and activity habits. Even though I am not entirely sold on the low glycemic index theory, the end result is a fruit, vegetables, whole grains, and whole foods based diet that few could argue with. The book's advice on how to increase physical activity was realistic and doable. As well as the "formal" activities like walks and playing games, it talks about the importance of frequent, short bursts of activity we all do in life, like taking the stairs, fidgeting, even chewing gum!

The most valuable part of the book for me was how to instill a healthy attitude towards eating in a child. Right now, when my child is young, I can control (more or less!) what goes into his mouth. But when he gets older, the control will shift to him. How to guide him to making healthy decisions without turning him into a calorie-obsessed nervous wreck? The book addresses that by talking about modeling, supporting without dictating, and sharing of your own nutritional approach. These concepts are described in theory and then fleshed out with specific examples.

The tone of this book is very sympathetic, both to the overweight kids and to their parents. In contrast to some of the other reviewers, I did not feel this was repetitive or that I was being talked-down to. I felt like I was listening to someone who finally understood what my family was going through and had a solution. The only thing that I wish this book had discussed was food cues and how to minimize them, which for my family helped a lot.

We are thrilled to highlight Dr. Ludwig's book to our families dealing with food allergies in children, as processed foods (Dr. Ludwig's "fake foods") may present risks to children with food allergies given the hidden allergens that they can contain. Dr. Ludwig's book offers inspiring guidelines of how parents can affect healthy changes in the diets of their families.

I have been reading this book and I have learned so many new things.
I have shared information with my 10 yr.old son and he also finds it interesting. We have thrown away all the high fructose products we found in our pantry and we are not going to buy them anymore! I wish so many people had access to this type of information, is amazing to see so many kids eating "junk food" that we think is supposed to be healthy.
I definitively recommend it!

I bought this book on a recommendation from a website, and though the book is aimed at helping parents prevent obesity in their own children, it is an excellent guide to nutrition and proper eating habits for everyone.

The secret is to reduce the glycemic load that highly processed foods force on the body. This is critical to reducing and controlling weight. Would you believe that eating a potato has almost the same effect as sugar? It's converted almost immediately into sugar.

This is an informative, easy to read book, that doesn't get preachy or force you into a fad diet. One of the recommendations I've seen is to "eat around the perimeter of the store." In other words, the meat, dairy, and produce, the fresh stuff. Forget about the cookies, convenience foods, etc., that populate the center isles. You'll save a ton of money and be far healthier.

Another good tip is to not eat anything your Grandmother wouldn't recognize as food. If you can't pronounce the stuff on the label, don't eat it. Seems to work.

Great little book.

This book was recommended to me and I was not disappointed. Easy to follow and understand. The recipes in the back are great and my ten year old actually enjoyed them.