• Taylor S., who lost 100 pounds when he was sixteen and has kept the weight off for about four years. 
• Joelle T. who watched the scale climb beyond 200 pounds when she was in the eighth grade. She’s lost 66 pounds. 
• Robin S., thirteen, who weighted 170 pounds by the time she was nine and who has since slimmed down. “I have a lot more friends now and more energy,” she says. 
• Wes G. Fletcher’s own son, who was inspired to lose 65 pounds after meeting another boy who had lost weight.
  

That’s when Fletcher realized that teens listen more readily to other tens than to adults. Challenging conventional assumptions about teen weight loss, Fletcher distills the results of the latest scientific studies and the findings of countless authorities in the field, weaving them together with her own conclusions. In so doing, she shows that there is no one-size-fits-all prescription fort teen weight loss but a variety of strategies that make a difference.

With the number of overweight children and teens skyrocketing, Weight Loss Confidential offers solutions—healthy approaches that families can use for lifetime.

Level: Advanced
ISBN: 061843366X
ISBN-13: 9780618433667
Format: Hardcover, 253pp
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub date: 2007

Content
Content
Foreword
Introduction
1. Turning Things Around: Moving Beyond Weight Problems
2. Being Realistic: Finding a Just-Right Weight
3. Letting Teens Take the Lead: How Parents Help (and Don’t Help)
4. Discovering What Works: Individualizing Weight Loss Strategies
5. Getting Moving—and Having a Good Time
6. Eating to Keep It Off: The Teens’ 10 Keys to Success
7. Keeping Track: Developing a System of Checks and Balances
8. Tuning In: Putting Mind and Body Together
9. Staying Pumped: Remaining Motivated to Keep the Weight Off
Weight Programs Used by the Teens
Internet Resources for Teens and Parents
Web Sites Recommended by the Teens
Selected References
Index

Book author
Anne M. Fletcher is an award-winning health and medical journalist and the author of the national bestsellers Thin for Life, Eating Thin for Life, and Sober of Food, as well as the Thin for Life Datebook. As a registered dietitian with a master’s degree in nutrition science, Fletcher has counseled hundreds of client with weight problems. She is a former executive editor and chief writer of the Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter and was a contributing editor for Prevention magazine. 

Fletcher is the recipient of the American Dietetic Association’s 2006 Media Excellence Award, several National Health Information Awards, and Distinguished Friend to Behavior Therapy Award, and awards from the American Psychological Association and the American Medical Writers Association. Her articles have appeared in many national magazine and professional journals.

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
5080 Adolescents
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
7120 Marketing