Feeding Your Child for Lifelong Health: Birth Through Age Six - Softcover

Susan Roberts; Melvin B. Heyman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553378929 ISBN 13: 9780553378924

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group, 1999

Synopsis

How the new science of "metabolic programming" can help you:

Maximize your baby's IQ and development

Prevent allergies and obesity

Prevent or cure picky eating

Teach your child to enjoy healthy foods

Protect against family health problems

AND make mealtimes a pleasure for you and your child!
In this groundbreaking book, two leading pediatric nutritionists--and experienced parents!--introduce exciting new research into "metabolic programming" and make it accessible and practical for every busy parent. They explain:

How the foods you choose can optimize your baby's future development, IQ bone strength, and immunity

The eight key nutrients to focus on

Scientifically based "smart strategies" for working with your child's inborn instincts to build healthy eating habits

Food solutions for common problems--including colic, constipation, poor sleep, and hyperactivity

How to prevent or deal with food allergies or obesity

Easy ways to adapt family meals for kids--with menus and portion sizes for every stage from birth through age six, plus essential tips for food safety

What's more, you can teach your child to enjoy these healthy foods and banish food battles and picky eating forever.

About this title

Review:

This book tastes great and it's good for you, too. Feeding Your Child for Lifelong Health: Birth Through Age Six is based on the principle of "metabolic programming," the scientifically rooted idea that foods eaten in early childhood directly affect the function of individual cells that control strength, intelligence, the immune system, and other vital functions. Think of it as a convoluted molecular take on the old maxim "You are what you eat." Genetics and other external factors also play a role, of course, but those factors are beyond our control. What goes on the dinner table, however, is not. The point of this book is to help parents teach their kids to like healthful foods, thus getting them into a lifelong habit of eating well and staying healthy.

There is a fair amount of science in this book, but the clear writing and good organization make it go down easy. Particularly helpful are the numerous graphs and boxes that highlight such topics as the best sources of calcium and iron (and why too much iron is dangerous), the differences between breast milk and formula, the eight key nutrients for different ages, and how to identify and even prevent allergies and intolerance to certain foods. The recipes, sample meals, healthy snacks, and tips for dealing with finicky eaters are alone worth the price of the book. Feeding Your Child for Lifelong Health is an invaluable guide to ensuring that not only will your kids eat their vegetables, they'll even ask for seconds. --Shawn Carkonen

From the Back Cover:

Right from day one, the foods you choose can maximize your baby's future development, IQ, bone strength, immunity, and resistance to family health problems. What's more, you can teach your child to enjoy these healthy foods and banish food battles and picky eating forever.

In this groundbreaking book, two leading pediatric nutritionists -- and experienced parents! -- introduce the exciting new research into "metabolic programming" and make it accessible and practical for every busy parent. They explain:
-- Why some of today's food rules for adults can actually harm young children
-- The eight key nutrients to focus on (the rest will take care of themselves)
-- Scientifically based "smart strategies" for working with your child's inborn instincts to build healthy eating habits
-- Food solutions for common problems -- including colic, constipation, poor sleep, and hyperactivity
-- How to prevent or deal with allergies, food intolerance, and obesity
-- Easy ways to adapt family meals for kids -- with menus and portion sizes for every stage from birth through age six, plus essential tips for food safety

Complete, authoritative, and filled with answers to parents' most-asked questions, Feeding Your Child for Lifelong Health is the one book you need to do the best for your child.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0553378929
• ISBN 13: 9780553378924
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368