Description
This field guide to feeding the kids is a 6-week adventure plan for discovering healthy foods a family will love.  This exciting new approach makes hunting down and eating healthier food simple, quick and delicious.  Share these creative and useful ideas with your clients and enable them to:

• Have their family eating better in just 6 weeks by adding healthier foods…without giving up family favorites
• Insure  their family gets all the nutrients they need each day…without forcing kids to eat anything they don’t like
• Help kids eat the right amount of food for their bodies…without restricting portion sizes
• Quickly select nutritious food in grocery stores and restaurants …without having to guess it it’s really good for you
• Stop fighting over food by using proven strategies for helping “picky eaters”…without resorting to bribery or threats
• Learn how (and when) to compromise over junk food and start enjoying it…without the guilt

Level: Basic
ISBN: 0978938542
ISBN-13: 9780978938543
Format: Paperback, 248 pages
Publisher: Mancala Publishing, LLC
Pub date: 2007

Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword
How to Use this Book
Part One. The Wild, Wonderful (and Sometimes Frightening) World of Food
Chapter 1. The Smart Food Identification System
Chapter 2. Head for Health, Not Weight Loss
Chapter 3. Battles, Boundaries and Behaviors: Moving from “Picky” to Pleasant
Part Two. A 6-Wee Journey to Smarter Eating
Week1: Starting the Adventure with Fruit
Week 2: Exploring the Vegetables
Week 3: Navigating Dairy Foods
Week 4: Tracking Down Whole Grains
Week 5: Hunting for Smart Proteins
Week 6: Escaping from Empties
Part Three. Keeping on Track…or Finding Your Way Back
First Aid for Common Problems
Facing Down Wild Empties; Holidays and Other Special Occasions
Part Four. Mini-Recipes and Menus
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Snacks and Beverages
Sample Menus
Appendix Reading Labels
Index
About the Authors

Book authors
Pamela Gould has experience as a published research scientist and a teacher having taught preschool, middle school and high school.  Currently, she is a professional writer specializing in health and children’s issues.

Eleanor P. Taylor, M.S., R.N., C.D.E., has developed and taught wellness classes on subjects ranging from weight loss to chronic disease management and parenting.  She holds a master’s degree in Family Health Nursing and is a registered nurse and certified diabetes educator.

Katherine Carson, Ph.D., R.D., is a professor and lead researcher at Clemson University’s Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition. 

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
4000 Wellness and public health
4030 Dietary guidelines, DRIs, Food Guide Pyramid, food labeling
4160 Adolescence
5070 Pediatrics