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Rescuing the Emotional Lives of Overweight Children: What Our Kids Go Through -- and How We Can Help
Rescuing the Emotional Lives of Overweight Children What Our Kids Go Through and How We Can Help Author:Sylvia Rimm Recent medical reports announcing the increase in childhood obesity have become front-page news, raising concerns that this generation will face serious physical problems as adults. What is often overlooked, however, is the more immediate impact of the crisis on the children themselves. Rescuing the Emotional Lives of Overweight Children is the ... more »first book to take an in-depth look at the lives of these children. Drawing on a national survey she conducted with middle school children, as well as personal interviews and case studies from her private practice, the noted child psychologist Dr. Sylvia Rimm shows the emotional depth of this epidemic. She explains how overweight children struggle in school, have lowered expectations for their future, have troubling relationships with peers and adults, exhibit more high-risk behavior, and are even more misunderstood by their own families. Using her findings as a starting point, Dr. Rimm outlines the ways parents can make a positive difference in their children's lives, including: lBeing aware of the discrimination overweight children face and working to counteract negative biases in school and among a child's peer group lEncouraging healthful eating without engaging in constant nagging and scolding lGuiding children toward greater achievement, better social interactions, more in-de-pen-dence, and higher personal expectations« less