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Help Your Child Get Fit Not Fat
Jan Hurst and Sue Hubberstey
Our obesity epidemic is particularly frightening in children, and it is estimated that up to 15% of children in the UK are overweight or obese due to lack of exercise and unhealthy diet. Parents are concerned for their children and want them to be fit and healthy but are confused about how to achieve this.
Help Your Child Get Fit Not Fat is a comprehensive guide that aims to help families create positive attitudes to food and exercise and promote fitness and health in children of all ages. Topics covered include:
" how to establish good attitudes towards food
" exercise during the early years
" eating as a family
" vegetarians and faddy eaters
" helping children deal with peer pressure and the media.
JAN HURST is a former health editor at Mother Magazine and editor of Young Mother. SUE HUBBERSTEY is a former features editor at Mother Magazine and editor of Nursery World.
