{"id":1004,"date":"2012-01-02T12:46:13","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T20:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/parenting201\/?page_id=1004"},"modified":"2014-04-25T15:19:09","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T22:19:09","slug":"its-not-always-baby-fat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/parenting201\/its-not-always-baby-fat","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Not Always Baby Fat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" alt=\"\" border=\"5\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/parenting201\/wp-content\/uploads\/obesekid(1).jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">First let me thank you and congratulate you for looking at this information and this book.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Even if you do not buy it &ndash; just showing your interest in this topic by being on this page indicates that you are a thoughtful caring parent and\/or citizen!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Go buy it&#8230;..<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0054KY4QC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" alt=\"\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/parenting201\/wp-content\/uploads\/Arrow1RightOrange.png\" style=\"margin-left: 40px;\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">At Amazon &#8211; for your Kindle &#8211; by clicking on the photo to the right &nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0054KY4QC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">You do not need a Kindle to read the book &#8211; Amazon has a free app for your computer or whatever you do your reading on&#8230;.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Childhood obesity is an epidemic. Obesity is an epidemic. And we need to stop this epidemic before more children and adults become unhealthy.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">I am not a nutritionist. I am a Developmental Psychologist who, for all my professional life, has advocated for good nutrition &#8211; because I want all humans to develop as optimally as they can. And they do that best when they have good fuel [nutritious food] for their development!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">This is especially true for the youngest among us who are at the start of a long process of developing &#8211; and who will ultimately become the adults of our culture.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">In this book I give you information about obesity in general and about childhood obesity in particular &#8211; and let you know what this is doing to our children and to us as adults.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">I write about food &ndash; what we eat, how much we eat, what&rsquo;s in it and how to read labels so that you become a more intelligent consumer.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">I add information about the importance of good nutrition for our development &#8211; especially cognitive development.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">And I offer some suggestions on how to prevent childhood obesity &ndash; and what I suggest works for adults too!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">I conclude with some historical ideas about food and in an Appendix, I include information about my parenting book and website and about synthetic vitamins\/supplements and ones made with real food.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">CONTENTS<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Introduction<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Chapter 1 Some General Obesity Statistics<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And What This Obesity Epidemic Is Doing To Us<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Chapter 2 The Childhood Obesity Epidemic And Life Expectancy<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Chapter 3 The Responsibility We As Parents And As A Nation Have To &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Prevent Childhood Obesity<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Chapter 4 Are We Really What We Eat?<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Chapter 5 So &#8211; What Else Are We Eating?<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Decoding the Additives on Food Packaging<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">&nbsp;Chapter 6 And How Much Of What Are We Eating?<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Decoding the Nutrition Facts on Food Packaging<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Chapter 7 Why We Need to Eat Well<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Chapter 8 Strategies To Prevent Childhood Obesity<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Concluding Thoughts<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Appendix<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span _fck_bookmark=\"1\" style=\"display: none;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span _fck_bookmark=\"1\" style=\"display: none;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; First let me thank you and congratulate you for looking at this information and this book. 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