Feed Your Family Right!: How to Make Smart Food and Fitness Choices for a Healthy Lifestyle

by Elisa Zied M.S., R.D., Ruth Winter M.S.

Overview

With nutritional guidelines and recipes designed to make family meals simple, healthy, and delicious, this indispensable guide shows how to make a nutrition plan for each member of the family, set realistic goals, achieve and maintain a healthy weight, make fitness fun, and eat healthy at home or at restaurants.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471778943
Publisher:	Turner Publishing Company
Publication date:	02/01/2007
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.04(w) x 8.94(h) x 0.82(d)

About the Author

ELISA ZIED, M.S., R.D., is a registered dietitian, a national spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, and the coauthor of So What Can I Eat?! Her work has appeared in Weight Watchers magazine and in Seventeen magazine, where she was a contributing editor. Zied is frequently quoted in national publications and she appears regularly on CBS's The Early Show. Visit her Web site at elisazied.com.

RUTH WINTER, M.S., is an award-winning science and nutrition writer. Her books include A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives. Visit her Web site at brainbody.com.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

PART ONE: The Journey Begins.

1 Family Genes.

2 Setting Realistic Food Goals for Your Family.

3 Making Fitness Fun for Your Family.

4 Overcoming Food Fights.

PART TWO: Achieving and Maintaining a Healthy Weight for Life.

5 The Infant, Toddler, and Tween Years.

6 Teenagers.

7 Women.

8 Men.

9 Seniors.

PART THREE: The Family Action Plan.

10 The Ultimate Family Food Guide.

11 Preventing and Managing Diet-Related Conditions.

12 Surviving the Grocery Aisles.

13 Eating Out While Still Eating Healthfully.

14 Delicious Meal Plans.

15 Family-Friendly Recipes.

Appendix A: Your Family’s Genes.

Appendix B: Body Mass Index.

Appendix C: Frame Size.

Appendix D: Food Sources of Key Nutrients.

Appendix E: What’s a Portion?

Appendix F: All about Exercise.

Appendix G: Master Food Lists.

Resources.

Selected References.

Index.