Rescuing the emotional lives of overweight children
Subtitle: what our kids go through-- and how we can help
By: by Sylvia Rimm, with Eric Rimm ; foreword by Al Roker.
Contributors: Rimm, Eric.
Publisher: Rodale
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Emmaus, Pa
Language: eng
Subjects: Obesity in children -- Psychological aspects; Overweight children -- Psychology; Overweight children -- Mental health; Obesity in children -- Social aspects; Body image in children
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The emotional life of overweight children; title: The urgency for overweight children: the trauma our children experience; title: Heavy kids, heavy hearts: the public health implication sof obesity; title: Feeling like a blob and an outcast: emotional and social sorrows; title: An uneven playing field: the impact of being overweight on school achievement; title: Let's get physical: the less active interests of overweight children; title: What's going on with my body? Coping with worries related to development; title: From happy heavies to lone health nut parents: family relationships for overweight children; title: The six-step healthy rescue plan: what to do to help your child; title: Looking toward a healthy future.