Healthy Lunchbox: The Working Mom's Guide to Keeping You and Your Kids Trim

by Rallie McAllister

Book Overview

As a mother you want to be sure your kids eat healthy and stay fit, but as a working woman you don't have time to eat nutritiously yourself, let alone monitor every morsel your child consumes. Dr. Rallie McAllister offers all working moms a solution to their dilemma.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895261375
• ISBN13: 9780895261373
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Lifeline Press (CA)
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Practical advice!!!

Finally a readable, common sense approach to feeding my kids. This book has many realistic ideas and useable recipes for a busy mom like me. Thankfully, my kids are already physically active, but this book has given me new ideas and notions to ensure that my kids stay active. Good job Dr. McAllister!!!

great help for moms

Finally, some help for a mom who needs help getting her kids to eat healthy foods. Lots of great ideas for fun lunches and healthy snacks that my kids actually look forward to eating. This book helps you understand how to get your kids to want to eat right without nagging. The "action plans" at the end of each chapter are a lot of fun for kids and parents, and you'll probably end up some of the activities family routines and traditions.

Great Resource

I loved this book! It has been a great resource for me as a professional and as a mother of three growing children. I am a family therapist who sees many single mothers of young children. They are often overwhelmed with the physical, emotional, and financial demands of parenting. This book's easy and quick recipes were perfect; not too time consuming, and not too complicated. Moreover, the education regarding the importance of healthy eating, was very well received. Dr. McAllister's humor and her easy reading style encouraged many of my clients to prioritize nutrition. Many of the moms I work with became excited about their own nutrition. They felt they were doing something important for their children and themselves. As a busy mom, I too appreciated the quick snack ideas. Kids want to eat "right now" and too often they grab what ever is in arms reach and can be ripped open fast. This book gave me some plan ahead ideas that did not keep me up all night. I was also reminded of the lack of nutritional value in many of the foods my kids reach for. It motivated me as well as my clients. It is a great resource. I also plan to continue to share it with my clients and my friends. Thank you Dr. McAllister!

Extremely Informative and Practical

I would recommend this book for any parent concerned about their child's weight and/or eating habits. Dr. McAllister offers practical suggestions on how to get your children to eat healthy! If your child has a weight problem, or you are concerned about them developing one, Dr. McAllister has included plenty of information on how to intervene. A winner!

Great help for dads!!

as a father of three teenage girls, i worry just as much about nutrition and the effects of obesity as any mom. dr mcallister's book has helped me to help my kids with concrete suggestions and diet plans which work even when my kids don't always listen to me! this book will be a boon to those wishing to help their children with nutrition.