Feed Your Kids Well: How to Help Your Child Lose Weight and Get Healthy

by Fred Pescatore

Book Overview

Many children suffer a weight problem (echoing the growing obesity problem in adults) whilst millions have asthma, allergies and other difficulties. For the parents of these children here is a practical nutrition programme.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047124855X
• ISBN13: 9780471248552
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Wish I was fed that well

Doesn't include most fruits or vegetables? Unless you believe the only fruit worthy to be served to a child is fruit juice or that the only vegetable fit for a child to eat is a potato, this diet isn't terribly exclusive in terms of vegetables or fruit. Lettuces, berries, broccoli, asparagus, melons, cauliflower, spinach, green beans, pumpkin, are all fair game on this diet.Dr. Pescatore's diet is high in whole grains, unprocessed-preservative laden meats, fresh vegetables, fresh fruits, nuts and healthy oils. He cuts out refined sugar, refined grains, and processed foods. That's pretty darned healthy!As for unrealistic and to hard do for a busy parent, sure it's easier to slap a piece of processed cheese, a couple pieces of nitrated cold cuts between two slices of nutrient deficient white sandwich bread or grab a kiddie meal at a fast food place call it a meal. But is it healthy for your child? Will it teach your child healthy eating habits? Too many people cop out on themselves and their children all in the name of "convenience" and at the risk of their health (then they go and sue fast food restaurant chains for their health problems).Dr. Pescatore's diet is similar to Dr. Atkins'. Furthermore, Dr. Atkins and Atkins Nutritionals never recommended their diet for children and teenagers due to their different nutritional needs. So this book is a must read for people on Atkins who want to introduce their children to a low carb lifestyle safely and effectively.

WOW! What a difference!

I started on the Atkins diet program in September of 1999. I began loosing weight rapidly, but was frustrated by the fact that my 7 year old son was still gaining weight. I knew he had the same reactions to carbohydrated that I did. I wanted to put him on the program, but refused to do it on my own for fear I would hurt him. After discovering the book How to Feed your Kids Well, I started my son on the program. He lost 17 pounds rapidly, and we have maintained his weight loss for 4 months and still counting. He has the energy of two of his former selves. He rides his bike for hours without complaint, and is anxious to run and play for the first time ever. The best part is that he is no longer teased or called fat. He is happy. I know that this has changed our lives forever. I thank Dr. Pescatore for helping me help my child safely.

Life Changing

This book has had more impact on my family than any other book. If you have concerns about the health of your family, this book is absolutely required reading. The health of my family has turned around completely thanks to Dr. Pescatore.

Every parent must read

As a physician I recommend this book to the parents of all my pediatric patients. I have found this the easiest way to get kids to learn the right things about food and nutrition. The weight guidelines are determined by the medical establishment, not Dr. Pescatore. Also Dr. Pesc recommends that children try to limit fruit not cut it out from their diets altogether. Each child is an individual and I adapt the diet accordingly. I was so happy to find this book in print because I have found it to be indispensible to my practice. With the rise in childhood obesity and behavioral problems it was time that someone put together a program that was both fun and easy to follow. This book is a must read for anyone with children, obese or not.

WARNING: This May Change Your Life !!!

Being overweight as a child and most of my adult life, I have tried practically every diet imaginable. Fifteen months ago a friend of mine started a diet called the Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution. He tried to get me start it with him, you know, emotional support. The diet said that you could eat all the red meat and fat you wanted, as long as you stay away from carbohydrates. I laughed at him and said that I would have to scrape his arteries with a butter knife when he died, which surely had to be pretty soon. Because everyone knows you're supposed to eat low-fat food, because that's what we have been told our entire life. Well about five weeks later he had lost approximately thirty pounds, he had more color in his skin than I had ever seen, and he had an obvious more amount of energy, so I asked him to loan me the book. It has been just over 13 months since I started the Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution and I have lost a total of 118 pounds so far, about 25 pounds from my goal weight. I have never ate so good in my entire life, I have also never felt better. It has been so life changing that it just upset me that nobody ever told me about this when I was young. Dr. Prescote, who was overweight and asthmatic as a child explains in plain English why one-third of North American children and teenagers are overweight. He is the Associate Medical Director of the Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine. Using the low-carbohydrate principles of Dr Atkins, Dr Prescatore explains how a low-fat diet is actually very unhealthy for children and that the real culprit is not fat, but sugars and starches. Being overweight is far more than just a cosmetic problem, although it's sometimes treated that way. It can be the reason for a plethora of health related issues. Only now are we starting to realize that the damage we do to our bodies when we are young does take its toll when we get older. Furthermore, because obesity is affecting a younger and younger segment of our population, diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, sleep apnea, orthopedic abnormalities and many others once confined to adults are now becoming increasingly prevalent in our youth. Some very frightening statistics from the book are that by the age of six, nearly 40 percent of American girls have expressed a desire to be thinner. By the age of nine, nearly 50 percent have dieted once and, by the age of sixteen, 45 percent will have put themselves on some kind of crash diet. Even more disturbing is the fact that 15 percent take "diet pills" on a regular basis. There is no testing of these drugs done on children; they are tested on adults then the information is altered in a way so the doctor knows the dose for a child. There have been countless stories on the news and in print about children who have taken their lives or become addicted to drugs in their quest for thinness. I think it