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TREND-BREAKING NEW BOOK PROVIDES PARENTS WITH RESEARCH-PROVEN METHODS FOR REVERSING AND PREVENTING CHILDHOOD OBESITY.
THE NO-DIET OBESITY SOLUTION FOR KIDS BY DR. MIRIAM VOS IS A PRACTICAL AND POSITIVE GUIDE FOR PARENTS, DETAILING METHODS HER PATIENTS USE TO OVERCOME THE GREATEST HEALTH CHALLENGE TO FAMILIES AND SOCIETY IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM.
Bethesda, MD (March 1, 2009) - In this country, one in three children is overweight or obese—which means there are a lot of unhappy, unhealthy kids and frightened, worried parents looking for help. As the media bemoan the epidemic of obesity…Oprah and Ellen add their voices of concern…and the Biggest Loser features a 400+-pound teenager, America is beginning to take notice. But the only way to stop the epidemic and heal the children of our fast-food nation is for parents, with support from doctors, teachers, and community leaders, to step up and change the habits that have made our children fat.
The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has published this resource to help parents improve the health of their overweight and obese children. Dr. Miriam Vos, a pediatric gastroenterologist, is one of the country’s leading experts on obesity-related diseases in children. The patients she sees every day are children whose weight has made them sick and will shorten their lives. Dr. Vos has been actively involved in research on the causes and prevention of childhood obesity, and she knows that something has to be done now, right now, to help each child and family in crisis. This is why she wrote The No-Diet Obesity Solution for Kids (March 2009, AGA), to translate the latest research into a useful guide for parents. The positive and practical solutions she offers have been tried and tested by families—who have success stories to share.
Parents who learn a new way to feed and to nurture their children can avoid the known triggers of obesity and improve the health of their overweight children. Dr. Vos focuses on three research-supported changes: reducing sugar, increasing activity, and preparing family meals at home. She addresses the habits families have fallen into and specific ways to get out—without diets, guilt trips, or power struggles. The tide is turning, and the No-Diet Obesity Solution for Kids is the vanguard of change. What is Dr. Vos’s goal for families everywhere? A new epidemic of well-nourished children glowing with health and enjoying their lives.
ABOUT THE AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
The American Gastroenterological Association is the field’s leading medical society that represents more than 17,000 members worldwide involved in all facets of gastroenterology practice, research, and education. The AGA Institute Press published The No-Diet Obesity Solution for Kids to support the health of our children and fight obesity as part of an association-wide obesity initiative.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Author and physician Miriam Vos wants to help her young patients and all families challenged by or concerned about overweight or obesity. Instead of lecturing anyone, she personifies compassion and common sense—just what all families struggling with the challenges of obesity need. She currently lives, writes, sees patients, runs, and raises backyard chickens in Atlanta, Georgia. She teaches in the Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and practices at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.
