Grow Healthy Babies


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A practical, evidence-based guide for pregnant or soon-to-be pregnant parents to prevent chronic diseases including asthma, eczema, and allergies. Written by lifelong allergy sufferers who wanted their own children to grow up healthy.




The Dirt Cure


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"In the tradition of Michael Pollan, Mark Hyman, and Andrew Weil, pioneering integrative pediatric neurologist Maya Shetreat-Klein, MD, reveals the shocking contents of children's food, how it's seriously harming their bodies and brains, and what we can do about it. And she presents the first nutritional plan for getting and keeping children healthy - a plan that any family can follow. Maya Shetreat-Klein is an integrative pediatric neurologist with a medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Board certified in adult and child neurology as well as pediatrics"--




Growing Healthy Children


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Primary Well-Being: Case Studies for the Growing Child


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This book offers solutions on how to enhance the normal development of the well child incorporating complementary medicine. The primary care provider is the only healthcare professional to see every child (0-18) and their parent, and can assess the child’s health and advise parents on how to provide a healthy environment and important practices to nurture healthy children. The book provides realistic scenarios encountered by new nurse practitioners in their clinical training. It is structured in a question and answer framework to help practitioners critically think through the best practices to be implemented during the well child visit and develop a plan of action for the family. This book provides assessment and diagnostic criteria and tools and presents common developmental and behavioral issues for each age group. The book promotes the role of professional as advocate by making recommendations for broad social policies to help all children succeed.




Boundaries with Kids


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Discusses the creation of healthy boundaries and reinforced consequences to help children develop a sense of accountability for their own lives.




Growing Happy Kids


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We all want children to be happy and grow into productive, fulfilled adults, and according to parenting expert Maureen Healy, the secret to that success is in providing a foundation of inner confidence. With twenty years of experience as a spiritual teacher and child development expert, Healy knows that confidence is never "out there" but is something to be cultivated from inside.Healy literally traveled the world in search of the best practices in raising inwardly strong children and the connection between inner confidence and lasting happiness. In Growing Happy Kids, she draws on her Buddhist training, her background in child psychology, and the latest scientific research. The result is her insightful model for creating inner confidence and cultivating a sense of emotional strength that lays the foundation for children's happiest lives.Anyone who touches the life of a child--parents, teachers, school administrators, grandparents, clinicians--will gain wise ideas and practical suggestions for nurturing a child's sense of confidence and ultimately, happiness.




Children's Health, the Nation's Wealth


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Children's health has clearly improved over the past several decades. Significant and positive gains have been made in lowering rates of infant mortality and morbidity from infectious diseases and accidental causes, improved access to health care, and reduction in the effects of environmental contaminants such as lead. Yet major questions still remain about how to assess the status of children's health, what factors should be monitored, and the appropriate measurement tools that should be used. Children's Health, the Nation's Wealth: Assessing and Improving Child Health provides a detailed examination of the information about children's health that is needed to help policy makers and program providers at the federal, state, and local levels. In order to improve children's health-and, thus, the health of future generations-it is critical to have data that can be used to assess both current conditions and possible future threats to children's health. This compelling book describes what is known about the health of children and what is needed to expand the knowledge. By strategically improving the health of children, we ensure healthier future generations to come.




Eat Well, Live Well with Growing Children


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Childhood obesity is a major health concern in modern societies which unless curbed, can develop into other health problems in later life. The latest book in Murdoch Books special diet series, Growing Children, offers parents helpful advice and inspiring recipes for healthy kids. With an approachable and informative introduction written by a respected nutritionist and over 100 beautifully presented recipes, each individually selected, this book is sure to be a hit with even the most fussy of young eaters.




Farm to Keiki


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(This is the shorter 124 page "Home/Family Edition" which excludes lesson plans). This book provides families, teachers and community members with the basic tools and inspiration to connect children with nature and show them how to grow, prepare and eat healthy foods. Readers will find step-by-step lesson plans/curricula, hundreds of activity ideas, plant guides and nutritionist-approved, Hawai'i-based recipes. The book is divided into two main sections: Meet the Plants and Recipes. The Meet the Plants section is used to teach keiki about specific fruits, vegetables and herbs (includes 19 plants or plant families). Each page features a specific plant or plant family with a labeled photograph. These pages will increase readers knowledge about plants and give you ideas about how to use them in the classroom, kitchen and garden. The book includes 37 "'Ai Pono Recipes". These recipes are for adults to make with children, or children to make on their own. Make these recipes for taste tests, classroom/home cooking, snacks and meals. They are all nourishing foods that feature Hawai'i grown and raised ingredients. The book encourages adults to engage children in the entire cooking process: learning about the ingredients, gardening, harvesting, washing, cooking, eating and cleaning. These recipes are designed to keep children, families and teachers healthy, so readers are encouraged to make and eat these recipes often. This book is beautiful and features real foods and plants from Hawai'i.




Let's Have Healthy Children


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Every expectant mother, be it her first or her fifth child, will want to read this book. It is an invaluable guide - in innumerable ways unlike any other book - which covers the subject of motherhood (even "before conception") and child care through the pre-school age. In this book a woman will find advice on how to prevent and overcome "morning sickness." leg cramps, and fatigue; what to do about weight control, and many other complications of pregnancy. Equally useful information will be found in the chapters devoted to raising a healthy baby. With new emphasis by doctors on the advantages of breast-feeding, the methods outlined will be extremely helpful to mothers who wish to nurse their babies. Other advice on feeding infants - which includes formula making made easy, prevention of spitting up, skin rashes, eating problems, and similar difficulties faced by the new mother - will save her much time and nervous strain. The author is pictured on the front of the jacket with her two children. Mothers can achieve health for themselves, actually - feel better during and after pregnancy than they have ever felt before and insure health and beauty for their children by following the simple diet rules outlined in Let's Have Healthy Children. As a nutritionist of wide experience, including many years of working with obstetricians and pediatricians diet problems, Adelle Davis presents strong evidence with case histories and well-documented medical references for her advice concerning sound nutrition. She explains in an interesting narrative the reasons behind today's vitamin and health food consciousness. Easy-to-follow charts, menus and formula recipes make it possible for any woman to become her own expert dietitian. A mother equipped with Let's Have Healthy Children and its companion cookbook Let's Cook It Right will have the satisfaction of seeing her whole family enjoy the good health which proper diet can bring.