Overweight Child: Resource List

Books for Children

Ages 4 to 8

• Let's Talk About Being Overweight; by Melanie Gordon; PowerKids Press, 2000

Ages 9 to 12

• Extreme Elvin; by Chris Lynch; Harper Trophy, 2001

Young Adult

• Overweight: A Handbook for Teens; by Tania Heller; McFarland, 2005

Books for Adults

• Get a Healthy Weight for Your Child: A Parent's Guide to Better Eating and Exercise; by Brain McCrindle and James Wengle; Robert Rose, 2005
• Healthy Snack & Fast Food Choices; by Mary Turck; LifeMatters Press, 2001
• Helping Your Overweight Child: A Family Guide; by Caroline Cederquist; Advance Medical Press, 2002
• If Your Child is Overweight: A Guide for Parents; by Susan Kosharek; 2nd ed; American Dietetic Assn, 2002
• Overcoming Childhood Obesity; by Colleen Thompson and Ellen Shanley; Bull Publ. Co., 2004
• Parent's Guide to Childhood Obesity: A Roadmap to Health; by American Academy of Pediatrics, 2006
• Rescuing the Emotional Lives of Overweight Children: What Our Kids Go Through- And How We Can Help; by Sylvia Rimm; Rodale/St. Martins, 2004
• The Everything Parent's Guide to the Overweight Child: Help Your Child Lose Weight, Develop Healthy Eating Habits, and Build Self-confidence; by Paula Ford-Martin; Adams Media Corp., 2005

Other Resources

Weight Watchers 1-800-651-6000 http://www.weightwatchers.com/

NIDDK Weight-control Information Network 1 WIN Way Bethesda, MD 20892-3665 Phone: (202) 828-1025 or 1-877-946-4627 http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/over_child.htm

The Food and Nutrition Information Center National Agricultural Library 10301 Baltimore Avenue, Room 304 Beltsville, MD 20705-2351 Phone: 301-504-5719 http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/

Compiled by Catherine Smith, MLS, medical librarian at the Family Health Library, The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO.
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