Slim & Fit Kids - Raising Healthy Children in a Fast-Food World (Paperback)

~ (Author), John Monaco (Author) "My pager beeps at 4:00 A.M., and I'm off to the emergency room to care for a four-year-old boy in the throes of an asthma..." (more)
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From the Author of The New Beverly Hills Diet, this book will show readers how to raise healthy, happy Children - by teaching them how to eat wisely and well.

In 1996, shortly after best-selling author Judy Mazel released the sequel to her original book The New Beverly Hills Diet, Dr. John Monaco, a pediatric critical care specialist and former "fat kid," turned to Mazel's program to combat his own critical weight problem and improve his health. After achieving great success himself, he decided that where adults succeeded on the program, kids could, too - perhaps even more so. Most important, Dr. Monaco realized that obesity among children was the main factor precipitating life-threatening diseases among them - such as asthma, diabetes and clinical depression - as well as other serious, though not potentially fatal, problems like excessive strain on bones, joints and muscles.

Mazel and Monaco have teamed up to offer parents Slim and Fit Kids, a one-of-a-kind approach to raising healthy, well-adjusted children. Combining Mazel's successful twenty-plus years of experience with food combining with Monaco's pediatric expertise, this book will teach parents everything they need to know about nutrition, digestion and nutrient absorption. This compelling book provides easy-to-understand information on the science of pediatric nutrition, as well as down-to-earth reminders on children's natural eating habits, making it easy and fun for parents to teach healthy nutritional habits that will last a lifetime.

Divided into two parts, the first focuses on children's obesity. Chapters in this part include an overview of the problem of obesity in children and the diseases and disorders it engenders; Dr. Monaco's discovery of the Beverly Hills Diet and his idea to adapt it to children's nutrition; an overview of the digestive process; a summary of developmental nutrition, explaining the nutritional needs and issues of each age group; and personal accounts of the childhood obesity problem. The second part shows parents the practical steps to incorporating the nutritional principles they have learned into a daily program for their kids.

About the Author

JUDY MAZEL is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Beverly Hills Diet and the bestselling New Beverly Hills Diet, as well as Recipes to Forever, The New Beverly Hills Diet Little Skinny Companion and The New Beverly Hills Diet Slim Kit audiotape and forty-page reference handbook. By practicing what she teaches, she has maintained her seventy-two-pound weight loss for twenty-two years, at a svelte 108 pounds. She lives in Pacific Palisades, California, where she conducts overnight "Slim-In" programs and manages her ClubSlim and CyberSkinny Internet base of operations.

JOHN E. MONACO, M.D., P.A., a critical care pediatrician, is the director of the pediatric intensive care unit and chairman of the department of inpatient pediatrics at the Brandon Regional Hospital in Brandon, Florida. He is board certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners, by the American Board of Pediatrics in pediatric critical care medicine. In addition, he has contributed to numerous medical publications and given multiple presentations on varied pediatric topics.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: HCI (September 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 155874729X
• ISBN-13: 978-1558747296
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #687,886 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars At last, a fun and healthy approach to weight loss!, October 23, 1999

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I read this book in a night and at 5am excitedly began trying some of the exercise examples. My son, who was "camping" in the living room for the week-end, opened one eye warily and asked me if I'd lost it? Before I knew it however, he began showing me the movements. At last, a practical book that details an approach to weight loss that eliminates hunger, promotes self-determination without the negatives and creates a fun and healthy new lifestyle for the whole family! Judy Mazel's approach to weight loss in "The New Beverly Hills Diet" had helped me lose 17 lbs. almost overnight, but the simple modifications to the plan in "Slim and Fit Kids" creates just enough flexibility to make it easier and all inclusive. More importantly, Dr. John Monaco's medical expertise clearly supports July Mazel's approach to weight loss and answers many of the leading questions about obesity, lifestyle and 'food stuffs' that currently plagues American society today. In addition, the exercises, recipes and the positive psychological support presents an unbeatable package. I highly recommend "Slim and Fit Kids", not just for families with overweight kids, but for everyone who is concerned about their health.