SuperSized Kids: How to Rescue Your Child from the Obesity Threat [Paperback]

Walt Larimore (Author), Sherri Flynt (Author), Steve Halliday (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 24, 2005

SuperSized Kids shows how the mushrooming childhood obesity epidemic is destroying children's lives, draining family resources and pushing America dangerously close to a total health care collapse -- but also explains, step by step, how parents can work to avert the coming crisis by taking control of the weight challenges facing every member of their family. For the first time in American history, a new epidemic is killing our kids. In 1960, only 4 percent of American children were considered obese. That number has skyrocketed to 15 percent today and is almost triple that number in certain ethnic groups. Staggering; is the word the U.S. Surgeon General uses to describe the potential health care costs of childhood obesity. We are seeing Generation Y growing into Generation XL, he declares. The most common health problem facing U.S. children today is being overweight -- a condition robbing kids of both their quality and quantity of life. Medical problems that doctors once saw only in adults aged 50 or older are now striking children: heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, asthma, joint problems, arthritis. One in three children born in 2000 is expected to develop Type 2 diabetes, with the risk of blindness, loss of kidney function, and early death associated with it. This is the first generation in American history whose life expectancy may actually decrease. Something has to be done, and quickly. Fad diets and self-focused weight loss plans have proven ineffective. An overweight child cannot be effectively treated in isolation of the family insisted one recent study, complaining, surprisingly few intervention programs include multiple family members SuperSized Kids is different. It shows parents how to cure the #1 family health crisis facing them today. It provides a step-by-step, medically sound and eminently doable lifestyle change program designed for the whole family. It also includes practical suggestions for impacting school and community programs as well as what government leaders can do to help.

Editorial Reviews

Review

That America is raising a generation of obese and unhealthy kids is not in dispute. Knowing what to do and who should do it is the challenge, but Dr. Walt Larimore and Sherri Flynt get it right in their timely and ground-breaking book, SuperSized Kids: How to Protect Your Child from the Obesity Threat. …These two authors get the parents off the bench and into the game of coaching their kids to better health and fitness. It's too bad this book wasn't required reading for parents over the past generation! ---- Mike Huckabee, Governor of Arkansas

Not sure where to start to get the whole family to a healthy weight? Look no further; SuperSized Kids is the book you've been waiting for. Walt Larimore and Sherri Flynt are personable, realistic and inspirational, and their principles offer easy ways to change your family's way of life. -- --DAVID STEVENS, MD, MA (Ethics) Executive Director, Christian Medical & Dental Associations

Not sure where to start to get the whole family to a healthy weight? Look no further; SuperSized Kids is the book you've been waiting for. Walt Larimore and Sherri Flynt are personable, realistic and inspirational, and their principles offer easy ways to change your family's way of life. ---- DAVID STEVENS, MD, MA (Ethics) Executive Director, Christian Medical & Dental Associations

About the Author

Dr. Walt Larimore is one of America's best-known family physicians and is listed in the Best Doctors in America, Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, and the International Health Professionals of the Year. When it comes to healthy living for children and parents, Sherri Flynt has a passion for nutrition.This passion led her to complete her Masters in Public Health (M.P.H.) at Loma Linda University. While there, she also received her credentials as a registered dietitian (R.D.). She is currently the head of Florida Hospital's Center for Nutritional Excellence.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Center Street; 1 edition (August 24, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 044657760X
• ISBN-13: 978-0446577601
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #148,587 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Get Book!, August 26, 2005

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Lucia Compher (Orlando Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SuperSized Kids: How to Rescue Your Child from the Obesity Threat (Paperback)

I was able to read this book before it came out to the public and do the program layed out in the back. I have to say, it is OUTSTANDING! This book was my last resort before giving up all together. My husband, son and I are all way overwieght and have been on the diet rollercoaster for years. I really was scared for my son, being only 6 years old, I felt it was up to me to get things under control. This book is not like anything you will ever read when it comes to diets. It dosent tell you to stop everything and eat just grass! It is laid out to where you do things a little at a time, like the first week all you just reduce the the amount of fast food you would normaly get, along with switching from a large plates to a small one. I am proud to say that by the end of the 8 week, we as a family lost 28 pounds, dont eat red meat, or drink caffeine at all, and have reduced our TV time,weeat as a family and we are much more active! If you want to save your childs life, and the heart ache of being overwieght or you want to improve your own life through better habits, All I can Say is GET THIS BOOK!! It will make a world of difference.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For The Children's Sake!, August 20, 2005

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Shirley Priscilla Johnson "Author/Reviewer -... (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SuperSized Kids: How to Rescue Your Child from the Obesity Threat (Paperback)

Looking around us in stores, schools, parks, we certainly can see that we are a country that is well fed. Not only are adults well above their recommended weight, but unfortunately our children are following their lead. In this work the authors point out that one in four American children is overweight. That is alarming! How can we sit back knowing that their future holds many problems and do nothing about it?

The authors pen this work in what I call down to earth talk. They lay the facts on the line, give the true outcome if the problem is not corrected and then give solutions to turn things around. They give an overall pattern of recovery that the entire family can easily live with and benefit from.

Their advice is medically sound and easy to follow and may at times step on a few parents toes, but the pain is well worth the child being healthy again.

Anyone who is concerned about the future of their child, their health and well-being, should read this book. Very well done

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Most Important Book I have read in years., August 24, 2005

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Eric King "Concerned Parent" (Orlando, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SuperSized Kids: How to Rescue Your Child from the Obesity Threat (Paperback)

If you have children or are planning to, you must read this book. The authors attack the issues head-on and lay out a plan for helping your kids and yourself live a happier, healthier life. I would recommend it to anyone, but it is a must if you have children!