The purpose of this book is to encourage families to be instrumental in building a healthy lifestyle for their children, from the earliest possible age.  It is a resource for parents as they prepare to introduce solid foods to their baby, providing food preparation techniques that are efficient and healthy. 

Beyond the cover of the book the reader will find information regarding: 

Building a healthy lifestyle for baby  Developmental readiness  How to introduce solid foods   How much to feed baby  Expected infant reactions to food introduced  Recommendations on fruit juice  Sample menu plans  Activities for parents and baby

As stated by the former Chairman of Pediatric Endocrinology, Dr. Robert Schwartz, at the American Academy of Pediatrics 2002 Annual Meeting, "Prevention of (childhood) obesity needs to begin immediately after birth".   

A growing body of research demonstrates that a child's eating habits are formed by the age of two.  Therefore, what we do from the time solid foods are first introduced (four to six months of age) through twenty-four months, will establish a child's eating patterns for life.  The foods we buy, how they are prepared, the example we set by what we eat are all contributing factors to a child's eating and lifestyle habits. 

"Growing a Healthy Baby, One Spoonful at a Time"

The content of this book is unparalleled by any other resource currently on the market.  Supported by Pediatricians "Growing a Healthy Baby, One Spoonful at a Time," a guide for parents and health care professionals, is dedicated to the early stages of starting a baby on solid foods and forming healthy lifestyle habits that contribute to appropriate growth and development.

Key Benefits

• Early childhood nutrition and the importance of instilling healthy habits from the earliest possible age
• Introduction of nutritious, age-appropriate foods
• Learning baby's feeding cues
• Healthy eating made easy for baby and family
• Setting the environment for creating healthy dietary and lifestyle habits

"Growing a Healthy Preschooler, One Meal at a Time"

Key Benefits

• Continue a healthy lifestyle through the preschool years
• Learn to handle the external influences that come with preschool
• Learn how picky eaters are created one meal at a time
• Experience nutritious food selection and preparation
• Understand your preschoolers developmental stages
• Create the family-meal-habit

"Nutrition Basics for a Healthy Family"

This book was written for adults and parents with children of all ages.  As we all strive to lead healthier lives, Nutrition Basics for a Healthy Family will guide you to learn how to care for your body from the inside out.  The greatest gift we receive is our life.  The greatest gift we can give to one another and to our community is the ability to take care of our health.  Beyond the cover you will find methods to create healthy food attitudes, help in understanding the food pyramid, deciphering nutrition labels and, as in all our books, scrumptious recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack-time.

Key Benefits

• Focus on the family....why proper nutrition is important, at every age!
• Creating healthy food attitudes
• How habits are formed
• Healthy food selection and preparation
• Getting the most from a nutrition facts label
  
• Changing food attitudes and behaviors
  

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