Rescuing the Emotional Lives of Overweight Children: What Our Kids Go Through-And How We Can Help - Hardcover

Rimm, Sylvia B.; Rimm, Eric

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9781579548506: Rescuing the Emotional Lives of Overweight Children: What Our Kids Go Through-And How We Can Help

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ISBN 10: 1579548504 ISBN 13: 9781579548506

Publisher: Rodale Pr, 2004

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A compassionate guide for parents focuses on the emotional impact of being an overweight child, citing the risks and challenges faced by young people with weight problems while offering advice on how to be aware of peer discrimination, encourage healthy eating without nagging, and more. 40,000 first printing.

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About the Author:

Sylvia Rimm, Ph.D., is a child psychologist who directs Sylvia Rimm's Family Achievement Clinic in Cleveland and is a clinical professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She has authored many articles and books, including See Jane Win, a New York Times bestseller featured on the Oprah Winfrey and Today shows and in People magazine.
A syndicated newspaper columnist and a favorite personality on public radio for many years, Dr. Rimm has also made countless appearances on television shows, including 20/20, and is a longtime contributing correspondent to NBC's Today show and Weekend Today.

Eric Rimm, SC.D., is a nutritional epidemiologist on the faculty of the Harvard School of Public Health, where he's served since 1992. His research focuses on diet and lifestyle choices in relation to risk of obesity and chronic disease. He has published more than 200 articles in medical journals and has received research grants from the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association.

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