Alays the Fat Kid The Truth About the Enduring Effects of Childhood Obesity [Hardcover]

Childhood obesity in the United States has tripled in a generation. But while debates continue over the content of school lunches and the dangers of fast food, we are just beginning to recognize the full extent of the long-term physical, psychological, and social problems that overweight children will endure throughout their lives. Most dramatically, children today have a shorter life expectancy than their parents, something never before seen in the course of human history. They will face more chronic illnesses such as heart disease and diabetes that will further burden our healthcare system. Here, authors Jacob Warren and K. Bryant Smalley examine the full effects of childhood obesity and offer the provocative message that being overweight in youth is not a disease but the result of poor lifestyle choices. Theirs is a clarion call for parents to have the talk with their kids, which medical professionals say is a harder topic to address than sex or drugs. Urgent, timely, and authoritative,Always the Fat Kiddelivers a message our society can no longer ignore.Jacob C. Warren, PhD and K. Bryant Smalley, PhD, PsyDare the co-executive directors of the Rural Health Research Institute at Georgia Southern University. They have published numerous scientific articles on health behaviors, social influences on mental health, and the impact of obesity on children.

???A chronicle of the painful, long-term effects of being a fat kid. ??? [And a] useful call to arms in the fight against childhood obesity.??? ???Kirkus

???Children are growing up in an environment that simultaneously glorifies super skinny bodies and eating unhealthy junk food, leading to many children's unhealthy relationships with food and their bodies. Parents need all the help they can get understanding the problem and what they can do to help their children resist or recover from these harmful forces. A book for our times,Always the Fat Kiddeals with the issues in a complÃè