Your child's weight: helping without harming

As much about parenting as feeding, this latest release from renowned childhood feeding expert Ellyn Satter considers the overweight child issue in a new way. Combining scientific research with inspiring anecdotes from her decades of clinical practice, Satter challenges the conventional belief that parents must get overweight children to eat less and exercise more. In the long run, she says, making them go hungry and forcing them to be active makes children preoccupied with food, prone to overeating, turned off to activity, and likely to gain too much weight. Trust is a central theme here: chi.

FIGURES; STORIES ABOUT CHILDREN; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1 HELP WITHOUT HARMING; CHAPTER 2 FEED AND PARENT IN THE BEST WAY; CHAPTER 3 MAKE FAMILY MEALS A PRIORITY; CHAPTER 4 HELP WITHOUT HARMING: FOOD SELECTION; CHAPTER 5 OPTIMIZE FEEDING: BIRTH THROUGH PRESCHOOL; CHAPTER 6 OPTIMIZE FEEDING: YOUR SCHOOL-AGE CHILD; CHAPTER 8 PARENT IN THE BEST WAY: PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; CHAPTER 9 TEACH YOUR CHILD: BE ALL YOU CAN BE; CHAPTER 10 UNDERSTAND YOUR CHILD'S GROWTH; APPENDIXES; A Position Statement: EATING MANAGEMENT TO PREVENT AND TREAT CHILD OVERWEIGHT.

B Principles and Practice: SATTER FEEDING DYNAMICS APPROACH: CHILD WEIGHT MANAGEMENTC CHILDREN AND FOOD REGULATION: THE RESEARCH; D COOKING IN A HURRY; E ASSESSMENT OF FEEDING/GROWTH PROBLEMS; F TREATMENT OF FEEDING/GROWTH PROBLEMS; G FEEDING AND PARENTING IN THE SCHOOL SETTING; H DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICAL SELF-ESTEEM: BIRTH THROUGH ADOLESCENCE; I HEALTH RISKS OF CHILD OVERWEIGHT; J DAIRY PRODUCTS, BONE HEALTH AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT; K BOOKS AND RESOURCES BY ELLYN SATTER; SELECTED REFERENCES; INDEX.