• More likely to report family problems;
• Twice as likely to believe they will never marry;
• Three time as likely to be worried about their future; and
• Four times as likely to have poor self-confidence.

Complete with a sensible, six-step action plan to help kids emotionally and physically, Rescuing the Emotional Lives of Overweight Children is a necessary read for parents. About 15 percent of kid today are considered obese, and almost a third are overweight. Parents and professionals everywhere need Dr. Rimm’s wise counsel and science-based research.

Level: Intermediate
ISBN: 1594862397
ISBN-13: 9781594862397
Format: Paperback, 228pp
Publisher: Rodale Press, Incorporated
Pub date: 2005

Contents
Foreword by the Author
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Urgency for Overweight Children: The Trauma Our Children Experience
Chapter 2: Heavy Kids, Heavy Hearts: The Public Health Implications of Obesity
Chapter 3: Feeling like a Blob and an Outcast: Emotional and Social Sorrows
Chapter 4: The Academic Difference: How Being Overweight Affects School Achievement
Chapter 5: Couch Potatoes and Mouse Potatoes: The Less Active Interests of Overweight Children
Chapter 6: What’s Going On with My Body? Coping with Worries Related to Development
Chapter 7: The Influence of Families: How Family Relationships Affect Overweight Children
Chapter 8: The Six-Step Healthy Rescue Plan: How You Can Help Your Child
Epilogue: Looking toward a Healthy Future: You Are the Key
Appendix
Notes
Index

Book authors
Sylvia Rimm, PhD, is a noted child psychologist who directs Sylvia Rimm’s Family Achievement Clnic in Cleveland and is a clinical professor at Case School of Medicine. Her books include See Jane Win, a New York Time bestseller, and Growing Up Too Fast. A syndicated newspapers columnist and favorite personality on public radio, dr. Rimm has also appeared on 20/20, NBC’s Today Show and Weekend Today. She and her husband reside in Cleveland, Ohio. Eric Rimm, ScD, is a nutritional epidemiologist on the faculty of the Harvard School of Public Health, where he’s served since 1992. His research focuses on diet and lifestyle choices in relation to risk of obesity and chronic disease. He has published more than 200 articles in medical journals and has received research grants fro the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association.

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
4080 Government-funded Food & Nutrition Programs
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
8018 Environmental, agricultural and technologic influences on food systems
8050 Food distribution and service
8110 School foodservice