Overweight Child: Resource List
Books for Children
Ages 4 to 8
- Let's Talk About Being Overweight; by Melanie Gordon;
PowerKids Press, 2000
Ages 9 to 12
- Extreme Elvin; by Chris Lynch; Harper Trophy, 2001
Young Adult
- Overweight: A Handbook for Teens; by Tania Heller; McFarland,
2005
Books for Adults
- Feed Your Kids Well: How to Help Your Child Lose Weight
and Get Healthy; by Fred Pescatore; John Wiley & Sons,
1999
- Get a Healthy Weight for Your Child: A Parent's Guide to
Better Eating and Exercise; by Brain McCrindle and James
Wengle; Robert Rose, 2005
- Healthy Snack & Fast Food Choices; by Mary Turck;
LifeMatters Press, 2001
- Helping Your Child Lose Weight the Healthy Way: A Family
Approach to Weight Control; by Judith Levine; Birch
Lane Press, 1996
- Helping Your Overweight Child; National Institute of
Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, National
Institutes of Health, 1997
- Helping Your Overweight Child: A Family Guide; by
Caroline Cederquist; Advance Medical Press, 2002
- If Your Child is Overweight: A Guide for Parents; by
Susan Kosharek; 2nd ed; American Dietetic Assn, 2002
- Overcoming Childhood Obesity; by Colleen Thompson and
Ellen Shanley; Bull Publ. Co., 2004
- Rescuing the Emotional Lives of Overweight Children: What
Our Kids Go Through- And How We Can Help; by Sylvia Rimm;
Rodale/St. Martins, 2004
- The Can-Do Eating Plan For Overweight Kids and Teens:
Helping Kids Control Weight, Look Better, and Feel
Great; by Michelle Daum; Avon Books, 1997
- The Everything Parent's Guide to the Overweight Child:
Help Your Child Lose Weight, Develop Healthy Eating
Habits, and Build Self-confidence; by Paula Ford-Martin;
Adams Media Corp., 2005
- Understanding Childhood Obesity; by Clinton Smith; Univ.
Press of Mississippi, 1999
Other Resources
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Club
http://www.tops.org
Weight Watchers
1-800-651-6000
http://www.weightwatchers.com/
NIDDK Weight-control Information Network
1 WIN Way
Bethesda, MD 20892-3665
Phone: (202) 828-1025 or 1-877-946-4627
http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/over_child.htm
The Food and Nutrition Information Center
National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Avenue, Room 304
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
Phone: 301-504-5719
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/
Compiled by Catherine Smith, MLS, medical librarian at the Family Health Library, The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO.
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