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Dr. Sears' L.E.A.N. Kids: A Total Health Program for Children Ages 6-11
A pediatrician's guide to children's health and fitness offers a comprehensive approach to overcoming the greatest health risks in school-aged children--obesity, a lack of fitness, and unhappiness. Original.
- GenresParenting
288 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 2, 2003
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William Sears
159 books169 followersDr. Sears, or Dr. Bill as his "little patients" call him, is the father of eight children as well as the author of over 30 books on childcare. Dr. Bill is an Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine. Dr. Bill received his pediatric training at Harvard Medical School's Children's Hospital in Boston and The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto -- the largest children’s hospital in the world, where he served as associate ward chief of the newborn nursery and associate professor of pediatrics. Dr. Sears is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and a fellow of the Royal College of Pediatricians (RCP).Dr. Bill is also a medical and parenting consultant for BabyTalk and Parenting magazines and the pediatrician on the website Parenting.com.
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January 17, 2020
Incredibly informative! Everything that seems like a “no-brainer” but in actuality just didn’t click with me until now.
I didn’t lose interest over mindless dribble and statistics and in fact read the entire book through in one day.
I believe this combined with the Red Light Green Light Eat Right book is the solution or lifestyle change that will suit us best. I feel most confident in this new perspective about health and fitness.
Notice how I’ve removed the words weight and diet? And instead have changed my focus to health, lifestyle and fitness? Dr Sears LEAN kids has changed my negative and dangerous thinking and set me on a better path both physically and psychologically, for both myself and my children.
My favorite take away from this was the Screen time equals moving time “rule” and the importance of a good breakfast and why!
Seems like a “duh” moment, I knew these things but I just didn’t believe in it? Apply it? Got too lazy and realized my family was reaping what I sewed and it wasn’t good?
I’m not sure why or how but what I didn’t know was that I needed to be told again. And this book told me in a way that didn’t seem unreachable or too drastic or unrealistic.
This book a bit outdated (written in 2003) and it shows here and there....I’d call it an oldie but a goodie. It’d be great to see a revised edition!
I didn’t lose interest over mindless dribble and statistics and in fact read the entire book through in one day.
I believe this combined with the Red Light Green Light Eat Right book is the solution or lifestyle change that will suit us best. I feel most confident in this new perspective about health and fitness.
Notice how I’ve removed the words weight and diet? And instead have changed my focus to health, lifestyle and fitness? Dr Sears LEAN kids has changed my negative and dangerous thinking and set me on a better path both physically and psychologically, for both myself and my children.
My favorite take away from this was the Screen time equals moving time “rule” and the importance of a good breakfast and why!
Seems like a “duh” moment, I knew these things but I just didn’t believe in it? Apply it? Got too lazy and realized my family was reaping what I sewed and it wasn’t good?
I’m not sure why or how but what I didn’t know was that I needed to be told again. And this book told me in a way that didn’t seem unreachable or too drastic or unrealistic.
This book a bit outdated (written in 2003) and it shows here and there....I’d call it an oldie but a goodie. It’d be great to see a revised edition!
February 28, 2012
When I told Jon I was reading another Sears book, his reply was "Well, they're not heavy handed." That is why I married him - managed to capture my thoughts on this book in one sentence.
Let's go back a bit. I read the Pregnancy Book, the Baby Book, the Healthiest Kid on the Block . . . and found them to be . . . heavyhanded. I don't care to nurse my child for multiple years, nor do I want to share my bed with them, nor wear them on a sling until they are eight years old. So why do I keep reading the Dr. and Mrs. Sears? Despite my annoyance over some of their views, I am usually inspired to make some change to the way I'm doing things. So no, I won't be using calipers to give any of my children a fitness evaluation, but I will continue to encourage their walking to school, eating less junk food, and watching less TV.
Let's go back a bit. I read the Pregnancy Book, the Baby Book, the Healthiest Kid on the Block . . . and found them to be . . . heavyhanded. I don't care to nurse my child for multiple years, nor do I want to share my bed with them, nor wear them on a sling until they are eight years old. So why do I keep reading the Dr. and Mrs. Sears? Despite my annoyance over some of their views, I am usually inspired to make some change to the way I'm doing things. So no, I won't be using calipers to give any of my children a fitness evaluation, but I will continue to encourage their walking to school, eating less junk food, and watching less TV.
April 20, 2015
If you feel your family isn't as healthy as they could be this book will give you concrete, very usable information on how to change and live a LEAN life. Great eating tips to eat healthier. Great activity tips. Ways to talk to your kids about eating healthy and moving more. This book would be great for any family that spends more time eating out than in!
July 21, 2008
Another great book by Sears. It is repetitive in some ways of the other two on the issue of nutrition. However, it goes beyond that to incorporate a complete lifestyle plan for kids, including exercise, social well being and other areas for development.
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