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Helping the Overweight Child

Excess weight in children can lead to diabetes and other health problems, both now and in adulthood. These books and articles will help you find a way to help your child gain healthy eating and exercise habits.

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Get a Healthy Weight for Your Child: Do's and Don'ts for Parents

An excerpt from a book on encouraging healthy diet and exercise lets parents know what helps and what hurts.

Book Review: Teenage Waistland

Review of a book in which "a former fat kid weighs in on living large, losing weight, and how parents can (and can't) help."

Book Review: Get a Healthy Weight for Your Child

Read more about the exercise, diet and weight-loss plan from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Book Review: Diabesity

The worldwide obesity epidemic is causing a surge in Type 2 diabetes even among children. In this book, a past president of the American Diabetes Association tells what we must do to stop it.

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