Are You Hungry?: A Completely New Approach to Raising Children Free of Food and Weight Problems

by Lela Zaphiropoulos and Jane R. Hirschmann

Book Overview

In this comprehensive parent-child guide to eating behaviors (from infancy through adolescence) the authors show parents how to put an end to the eating battles which confront them on a daily basis.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394541464
• ISBN13: 9780394541464
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great approach to preventing food problems in children!

I'm a compulsive overeater and was really pleased that one of the authors of "Overcoming Overeating" had teamed up with another to give us their approach on avoiding food problems. With a 15 month old, I wanted to know what I could do to help my son avoid the same weight/food problems I've always had. Bucking the conventional wisdom, their advice to feed when/where/what children want has a truth to it that feels very right to me. When you remove the mystic and allure of sweets and "forbidden" foods, they no longer are a scarcity to be consumed endlessly when they're finally available. Now I understand why the eating disorder specialist I know has all kinds of foods (including candy) in her house for her 3 children. My only complaint is that the sections on babies could use a little updating. Breastfeeding, including extended breastfeeding, are much more the norm nowadays and the book almost assumes that a bottle is being used. Only cursory attention is given to the role of breastfeeding in a baby or toddler's diet. Great book, and hopefully a few years from now I'll be able to tell you how well it's working for my family!

Raising Children Free of Food & Weight Problems

Eat when you are hungry, eat foods of your own choosing, and stop when you are full. That's the well-done message of these two authors, both of whom have experience with patients with eating disorders and compulsive eating.These expert authors go over the "myths" of eating -- every meal must be balanced; if you eat now you'll spoil your appetite; you must finish what is on your plate -- in relation to how they affect our attitudes toward food.Good case histories, anecdotes, and practical advice to make mealtime a pleasure again for all family members! Has one chapter on anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overeating for those interested in those subjects.