Healthy Foods, Healthy Kids: A Complete Guide to Nutrition for Children from Birth to Six Year Olds [Paperback]

Elizabeth M. Ward (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2002

Healthy Foods, Healthy Kids offers a detailed look at sound food choices to help establish a lifelong routine of healthy living. Readers will learn how to: Address allergies and food intolerance; Feed family members of different ages; Help ward off chronic disease; Be selective with vitamins, minerals, supplements; Dine out with small children; Raise a vegetarian child; Added features include: Sidebars highlighting topics of special interest; Tried-and-tested healthy - and tasty - recipes; Tips on creating a healthy lifestyle

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Elizabeth M. Ward, M.S., R.D., is a freelance writer and nutritional consultant. She is the author of several books and has contributed to such publications as Fitness and The Boston Globe. She is a spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association and has been featured in more than 150 local and national print and broadcast interviews, including CNN's On the Menu and U.S. News & World Report. She has three children under the age of seven and lives in Reading, Massachusetts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media Corporation (January 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580625959
• ISBN-13: 978-1580625951
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #661,537 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I am a mother, author, and registered dietitian. My passion is nutrition, especially when it comes to helping women (and men!) prepare to have the healthiest babies well before they conceive, and to coaching moms about how to feed their growing families while nurturing themselves, too. As a mother, I know that most of us act as the "gate keepers," of the household (my apologies to the dads out there who do the same), deciding what foods to buy and to prepare. Our job is one of the most important of all because we're setting the stage for our child's health, in the short-term and the long run. Like most working moms, I'm busy, and I am always looking for great tips and simple solutions for feeding my family the most nutritious foods, and that's the stuff of all of my books, including my latest, Expect the Best, Your Guide to Healthy Eating Before, During, and After Pregnancy. If you're looking for tasty and delicious recipes, Expect the Best has 50 of them that the entire family will love. And, check out my blog at dietchallenge.usatoday.com for a new family-friendly recipe every week.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I needed and more!, March 26, 2004

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"renakohrt" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Healthy Foods, Healthy Kids: A Complete Guide to Nutrition for Children from Birth to Six Year Olds (Paperback)

As a first-time mom and not big on counting calories and daily values %s of each bite of my food I was not sure what to give or not to give and how much to give to my baby girl when she started eating solids.
This book gave me exactly the information I needed and more!
I am going to buy this book as a Baby Shower gift for my cooworker.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical and smart, February 1, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Healthy Foods, Healthy Kids: A Complete Guide to Nutrition for Children from Birth to Six Year Olds (Paperback)

Many children's nutrition books offer unrealistic advice. This book, written by a dietitian and parent, is very practical and realistic, and helps parents figure out how to feed their children healthy food without making the dinner table a battle ground. I found the suggestions very helpful, and I plan to make this book my standard baby shower gift for new mothers.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super Resource for Parents of Young Children, April 1, 2002

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Hillary M. Wright (massachusetts United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Healthy Foods, Healthy Kids: A Complete Guide to Nutrition for Children from Birth to Six Year Olds (Paperback)

As the mother of three young children - one picky eater, one who can't get enough and one junk-food junky - I was thrilled to find a book written by a nutrition professional that can relate to the challenges of feeding kids. In this easy to read book, nutritionist Elizabeth Ward provides common sense advice on how to feed kids healthy foods based on both sound nutrition science and her experiece feeding her own children. Starting with "preparing for pregnancy," Ward covers topics that all parents want to know about -- breastfeeding, introducing solid foods, helping your child establish eating habits that will ward off chronic disease later in life, "super foods" for kids, food safety and more. I think what I like most is that all the information is presented in a really common sense, guilt-free way, and includes a lot of first hand experiences from mom's also trying to raise healthy kids in a "junk food" world. In my opinion, any book that can help me feed my kids healthfully without adding to the stress of child rearing is worth five stars !