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The Healthiest Kid in the Neighborhood: Ten Ways to Get Your Family on the Right Nutritional Track (Sears Parenting Library) |  | Authors: William Sears, Martha Sears, James Sears, Robert Sears
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Category: Book
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 114917
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 352
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.8
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.9239
ASIN: B0015UXNLW
Publication Date: September 6, 2006
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Product Description
America's foremost childcare experts present a practical, appetizing, easy-to-follow eating plan for shaping children's tastes and metabolisms toward optimal health.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 16
 Fantastic September 27, 2009
Jody K. Nieman (Washington, MO)
This is a wonderful book. Every parent must purchase this. Unfortunately not enough of us are educated on nutrition and this book does a wonderful job explaining it. Maybe more of us would be healthier if everyone knew all this info.
Pro and Con August 20, 2009
Reader from Georgia
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Here are the most important pros and cons to this book:
PRO:
- Many lists teach about "good" and "bad" foods for certain minerals, vitamins, brain growth, cancer prevention etc.
- Special discussion of the primary superfoods and the primary bad foods to look out for.
- Good discussion of what happens in the body as a result of food choices.
- Very informative and eye-opening section on food labels.
- Authorative writing style that effectively persuades the reader that making good food choices is both important and achieveable.
- Chapters on how to get your whole family to eat healthily and stay lean.
- Yummy recipes. The smoothy in particular tastes great and really gives you the energy boost it promises, even though the ingredients list seems long and somewhat unusual.
CON:
- In many instances, highly judmental. Families who stick to this diet are called "pure kids" and "pure parents". (I just don't like the implications that not following the Sears way makes you "impure").
- In typical Sears fashion, the world is black and white. As mentioned above, there are the Pure Kids (PK) and then there is the other group, the Junk Food Kids (JFK). In my experience, most people fall somewhere in the middle. And I don't know anybody who feeds their kids ONLY junk.
- A lot of the information in this book can be found in the Sears' previous book (Family Nutrition Book), which is more thorough, if a little outdated.
- Some of the research seems questionable and there is no reference guide.
VERDICT:
I used to eat a fairly balanced diet, but have made a good number of ajustments as a result of reading this book. As my baby (8 months) progresses in his mastery of solids, this book's suggestions will have a major impact on what I'll introduce to him. However, I don't follow the book to the letter.
motivated to be healthy May 11, 2009
Sonia R. Roger (Yorktown, VA)
This book is a great motivator to get the right foods into my families bodies, as well as my own. It spells everything out plain and simple, and makes it a goal that is easy to attain.
Best nutrition book yet! April 28, 2009
J. Kimball (Arizona)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was the best nutrition book for not just kids, but everyone! Dr. Sears explains how certain foods effect our bodies down to the molecular level and it is all done in a way that is easy to understand. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in their health.
Very helpful March 23, 2009
L. Harris (SLC, UT)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book has good recipes as well as very useful information about the affects of additives, ingredients, and nutrients in foods- fresh or processed.
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