Healthy Kids电子书

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

1 - What’s Happening with Children Today?

Does This Sound Familiar?

The State of Our Children’s Health

Obesity and Illness on the Rise

What’s Happening at Home?

No Home-Cooked Meals from Scratch

Most Food Is Processed and Convenient

The Fast Food Conspiracy, aka “Pester Power”

Get Them While They Are Young

What’s Happening at School

School Lunches

Fast Food Takeover

Lack of Exercise

No Neighborhoods

TV, Video Games, and the Internet

The Environment

The Effect of Pollution and Chemicals on a Child

2 - The Health Robbers

Sugar

White Flour

Meat

Dairy

Fat

Caffeine

Chemicals

3 - Family Attitudes

Avoiding Food as a Comfort, Reward, or Punishment

Breaking Your Own Family Cycle

Portion Size Increase

What Medical Doctors Are Taught About Nutrition

4 - If You Build It, They Will Come

Teaching Your Child About Healthy Food

Centered Food = Centered Behavior

Live Foods vs. Dead Foods

The Difference Between Sustenance Foods and Pleasure Foods

Whole Foods

Fruits and Vegetables

Beans and Legumes

Whole Grains

Lean Proteins

“Legal” Sugars

Healthy Fats

Encouraging Five Fruits and Vegetables Before Pleasure Foods

Suggestions for Introducing New Fruits and Vegetables

5 - So How Do We Help Them?

Creating a Healthy Relationship Between Food and Hunger

How to Read Your Child’s Appetite Signals

Training a Palate

Listening to Your Child’s Body

Making the Transition from Unhealthy to Healthy Foods

Chemicals

Sugar

Meat

Dairy

Eating Outside the Home

Restaurant Techniques

Get Your Child Moving

Creating an Exercise Habit That Will Last a Lifetime

Healthy Tips to Live By

6 - Breast-feeding

Benefits of Breast-feeding

It’s Your Baby!

Establishing a Breast-feeding Pattern

They Are What You Eat

Breast milk: The Cure-All

Breast-feeding Styles

Breast-feeding Tips

7 - Infancy: Six Months to One Year

Introducing Solid Food

Creating a Healthy Relationship with Food

Watching for Allergy Signs

Ensuring Healthy and Safe Feeding Practices

8 - Toddler: Ages One to Two and a Half

Creating an Independent Eater

Getting Them to “Chew”

Establishing Good Social Habits

Transitioning from Unhealthy to Healthy Foods

9 - Preschool: Ages Two and a Half to Five

Preschool and Play Dates

Your Child’s Eating Habits and Others

List of Favorite Fruits and Vegetables

10 - Elementary School: Ages Six to Nine

Profile of a Consumer

Getting Them to Pack Their School Lunches

Dead Food at Lunch, Dead Tired All Day!

Lunch Box Snacks

List of Favorite Fruits and Vegetables

11 - Adolescence: Ages Ten to Thirteen

Raging Hormones

Connection Between Dairy and Bad Skin

List of Favorite Fruits and Vegetables

12 - Teenagers: Ages Fourteen to Eighteeny

A Time of Emotional Extremes

Junk Food, Acne, Pride, and Vanity

How to Deal with Cigarette Smoking

List of Favorite Fruits and Vegetables

13 - College: Eighteen Plus

Avoiding the Freshman Fifteen

Making Dorm Food Healthier

No Cramming for Food While You Cram for Exams

14 - Childhood Conditions That Can Be Improved with Better Health Habits

ADD/ADHD

Allergies/Asthma

Diabetes

15 - Thinking Outside the (Toy) Box

Who When They Were Little

The Stair Game

I Went to the Store

The Memory Game

Creating Your Own Bedtime Stories

The Story Game

First Line, Last Line

Mad Libs

ABC Song

16 - Just for Kids: Puzzles, Games, and More

17 - Kid-Friendly Recipes

Breakfast

Muffins

Smoothies

Snacks

Soups

Side Dishes

Entrées

Desserts

Appendix

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Also by Marilu Henner

Copyright

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