Food Fights: Winning the Nutritional Challenges of Parenthood Armed with Insight, Humor, and a Bottle of Ketchup - Softcover

Jana MD FAAP, Laura A.; Shu MD FAAP, Jennifer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1581102445 ISBN 13: 9781581102444

Publisher: American Academy Of Pediatrics, 2007

Synopsis

Restore "peas and harmony" to the dining table with this comprehensive guide to building successful childhood feeding strategies. Focus is placed on the food-fight challenges parents are most likely to face—such as starting babies on solid foods, dealing with picky eaters, and making healthy food choices in child-care settings and restaurants—and a wide range of winning solutions are offered. More than a simple nutrition guide, this book also addresses the behavior and development issues surrounding the feeding challenges of early childhood. With a family-sized serving of useful advice and a generous helping of humor, this resource offers invaluable food for thought and real world advice that parents can use every day.

About this title

About the Author

Laura A. Jana, MD, FAAP, is the coauthor of Heading Home with Your Newborn, and an associate director of the Boys Town Institute for Child Health Improvement and the cofounder of The Dr. Spock Company. She lives in Omaha, Nebraska. Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP, is the coauthor of Heading Home with Your Newborn, the editor of Baby and Child Health, and serves on the Parents magazine advisory board. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Review

Food Fights presents a no-fuss approach to helping young children develop the healthy eating habits that will see them through a lifetime. Its delightful tone makes it a joy to read, and refer to, over and over again.”  Elizabeth M. Ward, MS, RD, author, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Feeding Your Baby and Toddler

Food Fights gives thorough, practical, fun-to-read advice for parents as they tackle some of parenthood's most difficult challenges.”  Claire McCarthy, MD, instructor in pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, pediatrician at Children's Hospital of Boston, and contributing editor, Parenting magazine

Food Fights should be mandatory reading for anyone responsible for feeding an infant, toddler or young child. In their characteristically easy-to-read, humorous fashion, these two pediatrician moms have created the perfect tool to help parents and caregivers instill healthy eating habits, avoid temper tantrums, dodge flying vegetables, and above all else maintain a healthy attitude toward the nutritional challenges of parenthood!”  Tanya Remer Altmann, MD, editor, The Wonder Years, and editorial board advisor, Healthy Children magazine

"Drs. Jana and Shu know their stuff! Their clever book and sound advice will help you and your kids eat, drink AND be merry!"  Harvey Karp, MD, FAAP, author, The Happiest Toddler on the Block

"Food Fights presents a no-fuss approach to helping young children develop the healthy eating habits that will see them through a lifetime. Its delightful tone makes it a joy to read, and refer to, over and over again."   Elizabeth M. Ward, MS, RD, author, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Feeding Your Baby and Toddler

"Another fantastic guide from Drs. Jana and Shu! Food Fights helps parents find a realistic middle ground between what their child should be eating and what their child is actually willing to consume."  Lisa Singer Moran, executive editor, Baby Talk magazine

"Food Fights should be mandatory reading for anyone responsible for feeding an infant, toddler, or young child. In their characteristically easy-to-read, humorous fashion, these two pediatrician moms have created the perfect tool to help parents and caregivers instill healthy eating habits, avoid temper tantrums, dodge flying vegetables and, above all else, maintain a healthy attitude toward the nutritional challenges of parenthood!"  Tanya Remer Altmann, MD, editor-in-chief, The Wonder Years, and editorial board advisor, Healthy Children Magazine

"The authors of Food Fights have done a great job! This book will go far in continuing to help parents lay the ground work for excellent nutrition."  Sandra G. Hassink, MD, FAAP, editor, A Parent's Guide to Childhood Obesity, and director, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children's weight-management program, Wilmington, DE

"Encouraging, compassionate, and clear for its compelling nutrition messages, this book will be a comprehensive source of information for any parent trying to guide their children to healthy eating habits and lives. I especially like how the up-to-date nutrition information is translated into real life situations."  Connie Guttersen, RD, PhD, author, The Sonoma Diet

"Food Fights makes it clear that raising children who are healthy eaters requires good role models for healthy eating. The tips provided throughout the book make it easy for parents to be those healthy role models."  Connie Diekman, MEd, RD, LD, FADA, nutrition consultant

"Wonderful . . . sure to help anyone who has ever struggled to make the climb up the food pyramid."  Emilio Arispe, MD, FAAP, pediatrician, Methodist Physicians Clinic, Omaha, Nebraska

"As pediatricians and moms, Drs Jana and Shu know that it's important to focus on good nutrition, but also to pick your battles. Food Fights offers reassuring and practical advice for parents who are worried about whether their kids are eating too much, not enough, or nothing green."  Diane Debrovner, health and psychology editor, Parents Magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: American Academy Of Pediatrics
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1581102445
• ISBN 13: 9781581102444
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 250