Nutritionist - Diet Coach Childhood Obesity Prevention and Reversal - Mattie Mola

The book, Pedia Trim & Fit:
Reclaiming Overweight Children,
is a resource for addressing the physical
and emotional needs of overweight children.
It details the kid-friendly plan that busy parents,
children and teens can live with at home and on
the road. You'll find...

Nutrition is the food a child, adolescent and adult eats and
the effect of that food on his or her health. If your child or
teen is overweight or at risk for obesity, you will find
versatile food lists to help provide variety. These lists help
you and your children make food selections that provide essential
vitamins, minerals, protein, nutritionally dense carbohydrates
and beneficial fats in healthy portions – including vegetarian alternatives.

Pedia Trim & Fit: Reclaiming Overweight Children is based on sound nutritional principles including natural caloric intake, healthy fats, increased fiber, lower processed carbohydrates and quality protein.

Also included is information on judging portion sizes, daily portions, "sometimes" foods, foods to eat daily, beverages and more.

IT'S CALCULATED FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILD. THERE IS NO COUNTING CALORIES.

Just select from the lists in the book and follow the guidelines for the complete plan, including the nutritional component. The approach is explained simply and easily in the book. Practical tips for quick menus, snacks, dashboard dining, feeding picky eaters, eating in restaurants and at school are also included.

Nutrition alone is not sufficient to grow healthy, strong, fit and trim children and adolescents. Pedia Trim & Fit: Reclaiming Overweight Children includes fitness and suggestions for a more active approach to life. A range of fitness activities geared for various age ranges and ability levels is in the book. Many of these fitness suggestions are FREE and do not require special equipment to help your child or teen grow more fit.

Nutritionally dense food choices and regular exercise are a powerful combination. True success, that is, achieving and preserving a healthy weight over a lifetime, is more challenging. It requires a commitment from parents and children to change the way they interact with their environment. It requires children and teens taking responsibility for normalizing their weight. It asks that parents assist and support their children and not police their eating.

Among the skills essential for weight normalization are the ability to work in an orderly way, to understand the consequences of choices, to develop patience and to work together toward a common goal. Within the pages of Pedia Trim & Fit: Reclaiming Overweight Children, a parent finds tips, techniques and tools to help develop and enhance critical skills. Whether it's recognizing and reversing non-productive criticism, managing anxiety and stress, creating self-esteem enhancing circumstances, eating in a restaurant or coping with holidays, vacations and special events, the Pedia Trim & Fit resource can help.