Are you worried about your childs extra weight? If so, youre not alone. Childhood obesity has reached epidemic levels in the United States, affecting more than 9 million children and teens.Being overweight can limit your childs physical activity and contribute to low self-esteem, but whats even more disturbing are the serious medical conditions and diseases that can develop as a result of being too heavylike cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.How do you as a parent take steps to help your child lose weight? Like it or not, childhood obesity is not a problem that can be solved overnight. Even so, the message of this book is simpleyou and your child can succeed.A Parents Guide to Childhood Obesity: A Road Map to Health offers long-term strategies and expert advice along with worksheets, questionnaires, and other interactive tools to help your child reach and maintain a healthy weight. This comprehensive guide offers:Sensible, nutritional information and guidelines, emphasizing balanced and nourishing mealsStrategies for dealing effectively with a variety of parenting challengesApproaches for encouraging increased physical activityQuestionnaires to evaluate how food is used in familiesGuidance on how to partner with pediatricians, extended family members, schools, and child care providers to help ensure success

Are you worried about your childs extra weight? If so, youre not alone. Childhood obesity has reached epidemic levels in the United States, affecting more than 9 million children and teens.Being overweight can limit your childs physical activity and contribute to low self-esteem, but whats even more disturbing are the serious medical conditions and diseases that can develop as a result of being too heavylike cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.How do you as a parent take steps to help your child lose weight? Like it or not, childhood obesity is not a problem that can be solved overnight. Even so, the message of this book is simpleyou and your child can succeed.A Parents Guide to Childhood Obesity: A Road Map to Health offers long-term strategies and expert advice along with worksheets, questionnaires, and other interactive tools to help your child reach and maintain a healthy weight. This comprehensive guide offers:Sensible, nutritional information and guidelines, emphasizing balanced and nourishing mealsStrategies for dealing effectively with a variety of parenting challengesApproaches for encouraging increased physical activityQuestionnaires to evaluate how food is used in familiesGuidance on how to partner with pediatricians, extended family members, schools, and child care providers to help ensure success