Our Children's Health: America's Kids in Nutritional Crisis and What We Can Do to Help - 2524
America is in the throes of a nutritional crisis -- and children are at its very heart. Here is a book that forthrightly examines this problem from the perspective of an internationally renowned nutritionist and a holistically trained physician. Learn why: * 1 out of every 5 American children is overweight. * The incidence of asthma has increased 61% in the past 20 years. * Increased teen violence may be attributable to the prescribed use of some antidepressant drugs. * Immunizations may be related to autism in infants and children. * 2 out of 5 of today's teenagers are likely to later develop osteoporosis. * Environmental and food toxins may cause neurological and behavioral problems. * Commonly prescribed amphetamines are not the answer to ADHD. * Eating disorders among teenagers have reached near epidemic proportions. The authors present a positive, balanced approach to health and nutrition that addresses these issues and offers hope to millions of undernourished, overmedicated chil