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Some food for thought in your professional career Help your child get fit not tat

Help your child get fit not tat

By Jan Hurst and Sue Hubberstey

(Sheldon Press, O85969934, 7.99, 020 7592 3900)

Reviewed by Jonathan Doherty, Leeds Metropolitan University This book addresses the serious issue of childhood obesity, a topic of such importance that it has been considered by many to be a global epidemic. The extent of the problem is discussed with references to Britain, the United States and France.

In this short text (only 97 pages), the authors have produced an informed overview of this escalating problem by emphasising the dual need for children to establish healthy eating habits early and to undertake regular physical activity or recreation.

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