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Play Hard, Eat Right: A Parent's Guide to Sports Nutrition for Children

The American Dietetic Association

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Expert Nutrition and Health Advice that Will Help Keep Your Child in the Game Whether it's training for a big track meet, rehearsing for tomorrow's dance recital, or playing a casual backyard game of catch, your child's athletic performance, development, and growth depend largely on eating the right foods. Now the largest and most prestigious organization of food and nutrition professionals in the world shows you how to help foster your child's development and maximize athletic performance. The American Dietetic Association's Play Hard, Eat Right gives insight into your active 6- to 12-year-old's changing nutrition needs and provides the tools you need to help your child get a head start, including:

• The latest dietary guidelines for child athletes
• Tips on selecting nutritious fast food
• Important information on nutrition and your child's growth, body weight, and development
• Tips to help you provide adequate nutrients—carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins, and minerals—for a child athlete
• Advice on meeting the fluid needs of children

Complete with a toll-free hotline number for answers to your nutrition questions, this essential and easy-to-use guide also shows what kids should eat before or after competition, on the road, and during training And tasty, kid-tested menus and snack ideas make the book an essential tool for every active family. "Play Hard, Eat Right is clearly written, practical, and should go far to meet the needs and answer the important questions of parents of young athletes." — Lyle J. Micheli, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School and Director, Division of Sports Medicine, The Children's Hospital, Boston "Play Hard, Eat Right contains a wealth of information for any family whose children participate in athletics. This book will show parents how to help their young athletes find the winning edge in the critical but often neglected area of nutrition." — Wes Hamilton, NFL Player, Minnesota Vikings, 1976-1985 "Three cheers for Play Hard, Eat Right, an easy-to-read book that highlights what parents need to know about feeding young athletes. Now parents finally have a `how-to' resource that can abate their worries about whether their children are properly fueled for growth, sports, and busy days." — Nancy Clark, M.S., R.D., Director of Nutrition Services, SportsMedicine, Brookline, MA, and author of Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Handbook

Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child: A Practical A-to-Z Reference ot Natural and Conventional Treatments

Janet Zand, Rachel Walton

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Total reviews: 43 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Health-care practitioners are a polarized lot: generally speaking, either they subscribe wholeheartedly to conventional medical treatments, or they eschew them altogether. This can be a great source of frustration to parents, whose natural response to a child's illness is a desire to do everything possible to make that child well. Written by a natural-medicine practitioner, a traditionally licensed doctor, and a pediatric nurse, Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child presents an integrated approach to children's health care that allows a parent to do just that. This excellent reference applies a full spectrum of responses to common childhood health problems: conventional medical treatments, dietary guidelines, nutritional supplements, herbal treatments, homeopathy, and acupressure; for each ailment, general recommendations and preventive measures are also offered. The book's authors explain that their approach to health care "considers all treatment possibilities and draws on what works. Sometimes this will be an herb, sometimes an antibiotic, sometimes both." This well-researched, balanced, and clearly written reference belongs on every parent's bookshelf. --Jane Steinberg

Nourishing Your Daughter: Help your Child Develop a Healthy Relationship with Food and her Body

Carol Beck

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Parent's toolbox for daughter's weight and image concerns 5 out of 5 stars.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful.

I found this book to be filled with great ideas that helped me to communicate with my daughter about her image concerns, things that she struggles with at school as a teenager regarding relationships, and all kinds of mixed messages she gets through the media. The book is filled with lots of charts that help me to know what to say as a healing response to her fears that let her know I care and understand her feelings.

What a relief it is to have a guide book that helps me to know what to say and how to respond to her concerns, and to understand how important it is to be able to give her a space that she feels free to express herself and to not feel judged as she shares her feelings with me.

Great book!

A life giving approach to food 5 out of 5 stars.
8 of 8 people found this review helpful.

I really appreciated the information in this book. It is easy to read, understand and apply. I do not have a daughter but found the information very helpful in understanding my own issues with eating. I have used the information many times over when I feel like eating but don't know why, when I should be full. It has helped to change the way I look at food and what and why I eat what I do. I would recommend it to any parent whether you feel there is a problem with a childs eating habits or not. It has helped to make food a pleasure and a friend not an enemy!

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Help Your Child Develop a Healthy Relationship with Food and Her BOdy

Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child

Lynn Marotz, Marie Z. Cross, Jeanettia M. Rush

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Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

I am completely satisfied with my order and Amazon.com 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 3 people found this review helpful.

I ordered my book on the 31st of December and I recieved it by the 3rd of January. I use my book for school and it has really helped me alot.

satisfied 5 out of 5 stars.
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Book was delivered quickly and in good condition, Got a great deal and more than i expected would definitely order again

Booooring 2 out of 5 stars.
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I was required to buy this book for my class. It is utterly boring. If I had trouble going to sleep, I just read this book. Some of the information is outdated (e.g. how the chicken pox vaccine should be given), as it's copyright is 2005, and the subject matter it contains on the health, safety and nutrition of the young child is constantly changing. The publisher needs to create a 7th edition and use different authors.

Editorial Review:

"Health, Safety and Nutrition for the Young Child, 5th Edition" is the early childhood professional's concise, up-to-date and thought provoking guide to promoting good health and safety for children. Completely updated, this 5th edition reflects the latest developments and practices in the field. Several new features have been added such as case studies, "For your consideration" and "Reflective thoughts" segments that encourage discussion, and World Wide Web sites to encourage research on the topics presented. The book also includes a complete overview of basic nutrition designed to help students, teachers, caregivers and parents better understand the critical value of good health and nutrition.

The Black Womans Guide to Breastfeeding

Katherine Barber

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A Definitive Resource 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

This "must-have" manual for anyone considering or committed to breastfeeding is recommended for mothers, friends and family members, and community organizations, hospitals, and government agencies who interact with pregnant women and new moms. Well written and easy to understand, Ms. Barber's book is a culturally relevant how-to guide that offers information, resources, and encouragement to do one of the most natural, nurturing acts between a mother and her child. Far from preachy or pushy, Ms. Barber gently gives useful tips, real-life scenarios, and even a history about breastfeeding, particularly in the African-American community. A great baby shower present!

Editorial Review:

This timely, up-to-date guide addresses the unique economic and social issues of black women while showing them why and how to breastfeed their children.

African American infants are twice as likely to die before their first birthdays as white infants, have the highest rate of asthma of any race and have a 35 percent higher prevalence of childhood obesity than white children. African American women are 2.2 times more likely to die from breast cancer and 30 percent more likely to die from ovarian cancer than white women.

All of these health crises can be remedied to some degree with breastfeeding, but virtually all breastfeeding literature on the market fails to speak to the financial, educational and cultural realities of many African American women. The Black Woman's Guide to Breastfeeding addresses the importance of breastfeeding in the African American community and provides all the practical advice African American mothers need to succeed at breastfeeding.

Brain Food: Recipes for Success for School, Sports, and Life

Vicki Caruana, Kelly Guercia Hammer

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Highly recommended, especially in today's age of rampant child obesity and media glorification of unhealthy foods. 5 out of 5 stars.
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Brain Food: Recipes for Success in School, Sports, and Life is more than a cookbook - it's a guide for parents to helping kids eat balanced diets of good nutrition. A blend of solid parenting advice and the latest nutritional science, Brain Food offers guidelines for preparing food for children of all ages, what attitudes to expect children to have toward food and how to instill healthy eating habits, recommended recipes for all three meals and sample meal plans, and much more. The suggested recipes include delicacies ranging from "Cereal Trail Mix" to "Cheese Spinach Noodles", "Barbecue Turkey Sloppy Joes", and "Peanut Ginger Pasta Salad." Each recipe also lists its prep time, and basic nutrition information concerning calories, fat calories, and percentages of fat, protein, and carbohydrates per serving. Highly recommended, especially in today's age of rampant child obesity and media glorification of unhealthy foods.

Editorial Review:

Reports abound on the direct connection between how well kids eat and how successful they are at learning and competing in sports. But what should they eat? A nutritionist and an educator explain what to feed growing kids ages one to eighteen, including those with diabetes, food allergies, and AD/HD, to develop their maximum physical and mental potential. Meal plans and recipes showcase specific brain stimulating foods along with practical suggestions for preparing and serving brain foods (including snacks) that kids will actually eat.

The Vegetarian Mother and Baby Book: Completely Revised and Updated

Rose Elliot

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A unique and invaluable guide to raising a baby on a healthy vegetarian diet.

The Vegetarian Mother and Baby Book is a sensible, comprehensive, and deeply reassuring handbook for mothers, mothers-to-be, and anyone who is caring for a vegetarian child. It provides essential information about nutrition before conception, during pregnancy, and after birth, and gives a detailed and well-balanced range of recipes for mothers and for babies up to the age of two.

Practical guidelines on every aspect of motherhood and baby care include:

Information on all the essential nutrients -- what they are, which foods have them, which are needed during pregnancy and which after, and how to put them all together for a balanced diet
Complete weekly menus for the mother-to-be, for breastfeeding mothers, and for baby and toddler
Ways to plan ahead and save valuable time and energy: preparing and freezing baby food, making quick, healthy snacks for breastfeeding mothers, preparing lunches for both baby and mother
Delicious, nutritious, and easy-to-prepare recipes
Invaluable advice for the first two years -- about feeding, toilet-training, and playing with your child -- plus tips on balancing family and work time.

Vegetarian Baby: A Sensible Guide for Parents

Sharon Yntema

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Great nutrition information! 4 out of 5 stars.
18 of 19 people found this review helpful.

This book had exactly what I was looking for in detailed nutrition information. The author tells you exactly how much of each nutrient is needed in your baby's diet and where to find it. Good recipe ideas, too!

Guide to Your Child's Symptoms by the American Academy of Pediatrics:: The Official, Complete Home Reference, Birth Through Adolescence (Guide to Your Child's Symptoms)

Donald Md Fa Schiff

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Life Saver 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 5 people found this review helpful.

I love, love, love this book. I have used this book more times than I can count. I highly recommend this one. If you have children buy it!

Fantastic Baby Shower gift! Wonderful book 5 out of 5 stars.
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A great all-around, general reference for babycare & childcare. Excellent baby shower gift - most pregnant women get too many baby clothes, stuffed animals, blankets and other useless gifts, but what parents need is good, sensible child care books. This is a good start for parents to have, and they can add specialty books about co-sleeping, or sleep-training, or discipline, and use the this AAP book to compare different solutions to parenting challenges.

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It would be nice to have pediatricians at your beck and call for every cough and wheeze, but the era of house visits is past. When the weather's raw and your child's in pain, start with your reference shelf. Donald Schiff and Steven Shelov have arranged the contents of the Guide to Your Child's Symptoms by the child's age: you'll find symptom guides from baby's colic, diarrhea, and spitting up to your adolescent's anxiety, depression, and skin problems. For each symptom, there's a description of usual causes, a chart of questions to consider, and what action to take. There's also an illustrated "First-Aid Manual." Guide to Your Child's Symptoms is a first-rate resource that explains when bed rest will do and when to get on the phone to your pediatrician.

Made with Love: Vegan and Raw Recipes

Jennifer Lynn

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Vegan and Raw Recipes, simple and delicious

This little book contains the recipes that have thrilled Jennifer's friends for years. Regarding her meals and treats, many have said, "If I could eat like this everyday, I'd happily become vegan." Although Jennifer happens to be vegan and enjoy a mostly raw diet, this book is not about how raw or vegan food is better. There is no dogma, just simple delicious recipes and the philosophy that food grown, prepared and shared with love is the most nutritious and healing. A quote from Glenda Green's book Love with End, says it all, "Vegetarian ideals should not be prematurely forced on people who are not ready for them. It is far more important that people awaken in their own hearts and incline in that direction as they look for greater health. In the meantime, you will benefit more by gratitude and appreciation for those who have bestowed the bounties of life on you. For I assure you, it is not by food that you are nourished, but by love."

The book includes recipes for: Dips, Spreads, and Sauces, Appetizers, Soups, Salads and Salad Dressings, Main Dishes, Cookies and Crackers and Raw Desserts. The reader is well-prepared for ease and success with an introduction to some potentially new ingredients common to raw and vegan food preparation and a section on essential kitchen supplies. The recipes are easy to follow, simple and surprisingly rich in flavor, texture and heartiness.

To learn more about Jennifer visit her on the web at www.YogawithJenniferLynn.com.