American children eat too much fat. Concerned parents who are seeking guidance in maneuvering their children through this high-fat world need look no further than Judith Shaw's new book. With this guide, parents will learn how to decode nutritional and ingredient labels, detect hidden fat in foods, and find ways to substitute lower-fat ingredients without radical changes in the family diet. As a mother who has successfully lowered the fat in her kids' diet, Shaw offers helpful, realistic advice that parents can immediately put to use. Although 40 of the author's favorite kid-tested recipes are included, this volume is much more than a cookbook; it's a culinary philosophy and practical method to painlessly guide the entire family to a healthier diet.
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A trip to the supermarket these days reveals something truly frightening: some of today's kids are really, really fat. And if you look in their parents' grocery carts, it's easy to see why. Judith Shaw started worrying about this issue back in the 60s, when she saw family members and friends' parents dying from heart disease, and has had 30 years to perfect her approach to low-fat eating for families. She not only helps you understand what fat is and what it does, she shows you how to shop, cook, and keep food on hand that's all kid-friendly and still healthfully low-fat.
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This is one of a growing number of nutrition books geared toward the nutritional needs of children. The aim is to emphasize through education the development of early healthful eating habits to prevent adult-onset illnesses such as heart disease and some cancers. Shaw not only presents the most recent knowledge about types and common sources of dietary fat in an easily understandable way but also gives useful tips for adapting everyday menus by substituting other ingredients for fats. Of particular interest to many readers will be the chapter comparing different types of fats and the one on "camouflaged fat," or the low-fat pretenders. Shaw's presentation is from the perspective of a family therapist, a former research journalist, and, perhaps most importantly, a parent in a family historically at risk for heart disease who decided to change the odds. This book deserves a place in all consumer health collections.?Sue Hollander, Univ of Chicago Lib. of the Health Sciences, Rockford, Ill.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This review is from: Raising Low-Fat Kids in a High-Fat World (Paperback)
This is a very well-written book. I originally borrowed it from the library and decided right away that I wanted my own copy. It explains how to alter your diet from a typical high-fat American diet to a lower-fat, healthy one without a mutiny from your family.It was eye-opening to learn how to read nutrition labels on packaged foods so that I really understood how much fat was in the things I was eating. It was also immensely helpful to see WHY certain ingredients (like hydrogenated oils) are bad for you. There are lots of great recipes in this book, and also demonstrations of how you can change recipes you are already using so that they will be lower in fat. There's plenty of info on what kinds of healthy, low-fat foods you can feed your children for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, and on how you can still eat out without consuming tons of saturated fats. The only thing I found frustrating about this book was the focus on replacing high-fat dairy products with other dairy prodcuts. As someone who is allergic to all dairy, I would hope for some suggestions of non-dairy ingredients with which to replace cheeses and cream, especially since dairy products are so laden with saturated fats. Otherwise, I found this to be a very helpful book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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This book was a great help to my husband and I,
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This review is from: Raising Low-Fat Kids in a High-Fat World (Paperback)
I have red so many health books over the years and Raising Low Fat Kids in a High Fat World is the only one which not only presents the food facts but gives you easy steps on how to get your whole family to embrace dietary changes. Judith Shaw understands that food changes cannot be dictated to ones family but must be made in partnership with them and she provides sound advice on how to achieve this. Her recipes and ideas for food replacements and recipe alterations are fabulous and reflect the wealth of her cooking experience (Judith apprenticed at Chez Panisse for three years). When discussing the facts about fact Judith includes information on the dangers of hydrogenated oils (a kind of fat I was not previously aware of) and aptly describes them as the "food industry's Trojan horse". The tables of cooking times for grains and legumes are also very useful. This book was a great help to my husband and I
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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A wise and practical book for parents interested in nutritio,
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This review is from: Raising Low-Fat Kids in a High-Fat World (Paperback)
This is a unique book on how to change your family's diet without fights or deprivation. Judith Shaw, a wise psychotherapist and a marvelous cook, leads the reader through the reasons to change a family's food toward a healthy, lowfat pattern, and she takes the reader through all the necessary steps to accomplish this. I love the attention she gives to favorite foods and children's reactions to change. With this book, you can enlist the whole family in the adventure of finding a better way to eat
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