Healthy Eating for Life for Children
Nourish Your Child for optimum health and well-being
All parents want to do the very best for the long-term health and well-being of their children, and nutrition plays a major role in that process. This book shows you where to start. Drawing on the latest medical and dietary research, Healthy Eating for Life for Children presents a complete and sensible plant-based nutrition program that can help you promote and maintain excellent health and good eating habits for your children throughout their lives.
Covering all stages of childhood from birth through adolescence, this book provides detailed nutritional guidelines that have been carefully drafted by an expert panel of Physicians Committee doctors and nutritionists, along with 91 delicious, easy-to-make recipes to help you put these healthy eating principles to work right away. Healthy Eating for Life for Children contains important information on:
- Eating for two-nutrition in pregnancy
- Worry-free breast- feeding and bottle-feeding options
- Nutrition for hyperactivity and attention problems
- Eating disorders and body image issues
- Achieving healthy weight and fitness levels
- Healthy eating for young athletes
- And more
Whether you are a new or experienced parent, this book will give you the crucial knowledge you need to take charge of your child's diet and health.
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Book details
- With
- Amy Lanou, Ph.D., Jennifer Raymond
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 274
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Health & Fitness › Diet & Nutrition › Nutrition
- Topics
- children's nutrition · plant-based diet · healthy eating habits · child health · infant and adolescent feeding · family nutrition
- ISBN-13
- 9780471436218 (Paperback)9781630261023 (Hardcover)
About the author
AMY JOY LANOU is a nutrition scientist with a Ph.D. in Human Nutrition from Cornell University and a B.S. in Nutrition Science from the University of California, Davis. Her books include Building Bone Vitality and Healthy Eating for Life for Children.
Lanou served as a professor of health and wellness at the University of North Carolina Asheville for 19 years and as Executive Director of the North Carolina Center for Health and Wellness. She currently serves as Director of the North Carolina Institute for Public Health and a professor in the Department of Public Health Leadership and Practice at UNC Chapel Hill, and as Senior Nutrition Scientist for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
When she’s not writing, Lanou works across nutrition science, public health, and academic leadership. Her work centers on plant-based nutrition, bone health, and chronic disease prevention.