Generation Extra Large

Generation Extra Large
Rescuing Our Children from the Epidemic of Obesity
Lisa Tartamella, M.S., R.D.
Elaine Herscher
Chris Woolston

8 CPEU or CE hours

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Description
This startling report from the front lines of an epidemic reveals the truth about skyrocketing rates of life-threatening childhood obesity—and describes what we can do to fight it.

This report from the front lines of an epidemic reveals the startling truth about skyrocketing rates of life-threatening childhood obesity-and describes what we can do to fight it. A new epidemic is gripping the world. You can see it in San Antonio and London, in Beijing and Tashkent: Far too many kids are far too fat, putting them on track to becoming the first generation in history to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. And it's not their fault. It's not their parents' fault, either. It's not even entirely Ronald McDonald's fault, although it's time for him to wipe that smile off his face. Obesity is the biggest threat to our children's health today, and it's up to us to get serious about defending kids against it.

Generation Extra Large reveals the cultural and economic causes of childhood obesity. It's not only television, video games and junk food. Parents work long hours that disrupt family eating and exercise. Schools compound the problem by lining the halls with soda machines, serving fast food and cutting back physical education and recess. Poverty plays a key role, with kids growing up in neighborhoods where it's too dangerous to play and where unhealthy food is affordable and all too easy to get.

But there is hope. Dedicated parents, educators, physicians, and community leaders are working to find creative, effective ways of helping our children slim down and stay healthy. The authors give voice to these crusaders, and provide checklists, interactive tests, and nutritional guides for concerned readers. Generation Extra Large explains why the epidemic has grown, reveals the consequences it has in store for our young people-and gives us tools to fight it.

Level: Advanced
ISBN: 0465083919
ISBN-13: 9780465083916
Format: Paperback, 272pp
Publisher: Perseus Publishing
Pub date: 2006

Content
Preface
Chapter 1. An Epidemic for a New Age
Chapter 2. Fat City
Chapter 3. Babes in Calorie Land
Chapter 4. Schools—From Sellouts to Sanctuaries
Chapter 5. The Sedentary Bunch
Chapter 6. Obesity Goes Global
Chapter 7. Parents: What Helps, What Hurts
Chapter 8. A New Deal for Kids
Notes
Bibliography
Resources
Acknowledgments
Index

Book authors
Lisa Tartamella, M.S., R.D. is a dietitian at Yale-New Haven Hospital’s Centers of Nutrition, where she provides nutrition and wellness counseling to both adult and pediatric patients. In 1997, she was named Young Dietitian of the Year. She lives in Milford, Connecticut.

Elaine Herscher is a senior editor at Consumer Health Initiative, an online health and medical news organization in san Francisco. Her work on the San Francisco chronicle AIDS reporting team resulted in a Pulitzer Prize nomination in 1989. She lives in Berkeley, California.

Chris Woolston is a contributing editor at Consumer Health Interactive, where he writes about nutrition, children’s health, and obesity. He lives in Billings, Montana.

Dietetic professionals
CPE Level: 2
Suggested Commission on Dietetic Registration Learning Need Codes: It is the sole responsibility of the dietetic professional to determine the learning need code met by a course. numedix.com provides the following "suggested" codes, but the professional can deviate from them if they feel another need is met.
3020 Assessment of target groups, populations
4150 Infancy & Childhood
4160 Adolescence
5070 Pediatrics
5370 Weight management, obesity
6000 Education, training and counseling
6010 Behavior change theories, techniques
6020 Counseling, therapy and facilitation skills
6040 Education theories and techniques for children and adolescents