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:	9781620456477
Publisher:	Turner Publishing Company
Publication date:	02/01/2007
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(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     ix
Introduction     1
The Journey Begins     5
Family Genes     7
Setting Realistic Food Goals for Your Family     21
Making Fitness Fun for Your Family     25
Overcoming Food Fights     39
Achieving and Maintaining a Healthy Weight for Life     49
The Infant, Toddler, and Tween Years     51
Teenagers     63
Women     71
Men     83
Seniors     87
The Family Action Plan     93
The Ultimate Family Food Guide     95
Preventing and Managing Diet-Related Conditions     117
Surviving the Grocery Aisles     141
Eating Out While Still Eating Healthfully     163
Delicious Meal Plans     173
Family-Friendly Recipes     187
Your Family's Genes     227
Body Mass Index     229
Frame Size     233
Food Sources or Key Nutrients     235
What's a Portion?     249
All about Exercise     251
Master Food Lists     253
Resources     259
Selected References     265
Index     269