Growing Up Healthy: Protecting Your Child from Diseases Now Through Adulthood

The work describes the particulars of childhood nutrition. For instance, food should not be used as a reward for children. Parents should control sugar (especially processed sugar) and provide meals consisting of fruits/veggies. Calcium and Vit. D supplements are another important source of long term osteoporosis control and bone health-far into the future. Sample menus are provided to take the difficulty out of depicting good nutrition. The author describes good/bad cholesterol. Vitamins B6 and B12 are vital to control homocysteine levels. Folic acid is another important vitamin utilized for a similar purpose. At the appropriate time, a child's intake of breast milk should be curbed. The book has a considerable literature on how to raise children nutritionally fit for life. It is a solid value for the price charged.