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Un destacado investigador en nutrición infantil y una experimentada educadora en salud pública explican el peligro oculto que representa el azúcar para el desarrollo y la salud de los niños y ofrecen a los padres un programa esencial «a prueba de azúcar» de 7 y 28 días. La mayoría no sabemos lo dañino que es el azúcar para el hígado, el corazón y el cerebro en crecimiento de los niños. En su investigación, el doctor Michael Goran descubrió que su exceso no solo causa obesidad infantil, sino que provoca problemas de salud en los niños sin sobrepeso, y es probable que sea uno de los culpables de gran parte de los problemas de comportamiento, emocionales y de aprendizaje. En esta guía eliminan los mitos sobre los diversos tipos de azúcares y edulcorantes, ayudan a las familias a identificar fuentes engañosas de azúcar en sus dietas y sugieren soluciones realistas. Con un desafío de 7 y 28 días para ayudar a las familias a elegir la cantidad adecuada de azúcar en sus dietas, junto con más de 35 recetas, todas sin azúcares añadidos, cualquiera puede darles a sus hijos un nuevo comienzo de vida saludable. La crítica ha dicho: «Este libro me dejó alucinado y subraya la importancia de que todos reduzcamos la ingesta de azúcar y almidón para protegernos no solo a nosotros mismos, sino también a nuestras generaciones futuras.» Mark Hyma, doctor y escritor. «Cómo y con qué alimentamos a nuestros niños es de suma importancia. En este libro, Emily y Michael iluminan hábilmente la naturaleza del azúcar en nuestro mundo actual, y qué papel debe desempeñar en la dieta de un niño. Es una lectura esencial para padres, educadores y comensales.» Alice Waters, chef, autora y fundadora de Edible Schoolyard

Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States and continues to increase in prevalence in almost all countries in which it has been studied, including developed and developing countries around the globe. The causes of obesity are complex and multi-factorial. Childhood obesity becomes a life-long problem in most cases and is associated with long term chronic disease risk for a variety of diseases including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, as well as psychosocial as issues and obesity seems to affect almost every organ system in the body. In recent years there has been tremendous progress in the understanding of this problem and in strategies for prevention and treatment in the pediatric years. Childhood Obesity: Causes, Consequences, and Intervention Approaches presents current reviews on the complex problem of obesity from the multi-level causes throughout early life before adulthood and the implications for this for long-term disease risk. It reviews numerous types of strategies that have been used to address this issue from conventional clinical management to global policy strategies attempting to modify the global landscape of food, nutrition, and physical activity. Each chapter is written by a global authority in his or her respective field with a focus on reviewing the current status and recent developments.The book features information on contributing factors to obesity, including developmental origins, social/family, birth cohort studies, influence of ethnicity, and global perspectives. It takes a life-course approach to the subject matter and includes exhaustive treatment of contributing factors to childhood obesity, such as assessment, environmental factors, nutrition and dietary factors, host factors, interventions and treatment, consequences, and further action for future prevention. This broad range of topics relevant to the rapidly changing field of childhood obesity is suitable for students, health care professionals, physicians, and researchers.

Sugar consumption is suspected to play an important role in the pathogenesis of diabetes, cardiovascular disorders, fatty liver disease, and some forms of cancers. Dietary sugars-fructose in particular-also have a potential role in obesity and metabolic diseases.Dietary Sugars and Health presents all aspects of dietary sugars as they relate to heal

Understanding the numerous factors involved with body weight regulation and identifying interventions to prevent or treat the problem is an enormous task in and of itself. Addressing this issue in growing children is further complicated by the diverse challenges specific to children. Because of this, the field of childhood obesity is both extremely