Overweight Children: 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

• Life is Too Short to be Fat; by David Koutsouridis; New Holland Publ., 2010
• Overweight: A Handbook for Teens; by Tania Heller; McFarland, 2005
• Weight Loss Confidential: How Teens Lose Weight and Keep It Off and What They Wish Parents Knew; by Anne Fletcher; Houghton Mifflin, 2006

Books for Adults

• 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 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
• Parent’s Guide to Childhood Obesity: A Roadmap to Health; by American Academy of Pediatrics, 2006
• 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 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

Other Resources

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/