Calm Energy: How People Regulate Mood with Food and Exercise
Author: Robert E Thayer
You are what you eat, but why are you eating so much? Your moods! Why can't you stay with a reasonable exercise program, and why is obesity at epidemic proportions in our society today? Negative moods hold the explanations.
Feeling down? Wish you had more energy and less stress? If this describes you some or most of the time, you are probably among the millions today who respond to increasing stress and low moods with food—a candy bar, or perhaps a cup of coffee and a sweet. Such "emotional eating" may temporarily boost your spirits, but this effect is a short-lived quick fix that perpetuates chronic overeating and obesity. Moreover, the same negative moods that have grown to substantial proportions in society today, sap your resolve to exercise.
In this breakthrough book, an acclaimed mood researcher tackles the problem of overweight and inactivity from the perspective of mood. Thayer compellingly argues that it is our moods—beyond nutritional needs—that signal our bodies to desire food we really don't need in order to replenish our energy and to lower stress levels. Consciously or unconsciously, we constantly seek "calm energy" to face the challenges of the day. Eating is often our first response to a bad mood—as opposed to other, less-fattening forms of self-medication, like listening to music or just slowing down—but, as Thayer explains with clarity and abundant scientific research, we would do much more to raise our spirits in the long run by something as simple as a 10 minute walk. Various forms of exercise are proven mood regulators in ways this book describes in detail. Sound like common sense? Perhaps, but if the choice is exercise or a snack, the snack usually wins out unless we understand our moods. This understanding is the real key. We must see why we eat too much before we can control what and how much we eat. From this we learn the reasons for the inevitable failures at diet and exercise.
This provocative new approach to understanding and fighting overeating offers practical advice and biological explanations for your cravings and moods, and it shows how both are indicators of energy and stress levels. Thayer describes how most people's daily energy cycles function, and he explains how you can apply this in scientifically proven ways to fight the urge to eat when you are down and to achieve the optimum goal of "calm energy."
About the Author:
Robert Thayer is a well-known mood researcher and Professor of Psychology at Califonria State University, Long Beach.
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Family Guide to Fighting Fat: A Parents' Guide to Battling Obesity, Diabetes, and Eating Issues at the Family Table
Author: Texas Childrens Hospital
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY
More than 30 percent of American children are overweight. Childhood obesity has become an epidemic in this country, leading to early onset diabetes and a general health crisis for children. The best plan to attack obesity starts at home and engages the whole family. And now, the experts at Texas Children’s Hospital are providing the tools to do it.
This book gives parents the information and strategies they need to help their children eat less fast food and boost fitness. It features information on healthy eating and exercise options for every age group. It gets families off to the right start for losing extra pounds and guides them through a step-by-step approach to creating a personalized plan for controlling weight.
Through this guide, the experts at Texas Children’s Hospital empower parents to establish healthy family habits. With numerous nutritious recipes, fun activities to get the family fit, and helpful tips to overcome weight management roadblocks, this guide is an excellent resource for parents who want to make a healthy lifestyle a way of life.
Drawing on the expertise of the wide range of health professionals at Texas Children’s Hospital, this book is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to family weight management and smart nutrition.
Texas Children’s Hospital is one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States. Consistently recognized as one of the top children’s hospitals in the nation by Child magazine and the U.S. News & World Report, Texas Children’s Hospital is committed tocreating a community of healthy children through excellence in patient care, education and research. For more information, visit texaschildrenshospital.org.
Marcia Welsh - Library Journal
Statistics show that up to 30 percent of American children are overweight and therefore at risk of developing juvenile diabetes, hypertension, and other conditions. Here, medical specialists at the Texas Children's Hospital present their ROAD guide to handling this epidemic: role modeling, organizing and creating opportunities for improved health behaviors, availability and accessibility of healthy food choices, and decisions that need to be made to change behaviors that contribute to weight gain. Individual chapters are devoted to infants, preschoolers, elementary school children, preteens, and older teens. Included are self-quizzes to help readers create personalized eating plans; suggestions for making healthy food choices while eating out at fast food, ethnic, or other restaurants; kid-friendly recipes; and advice on how to incorporate more fitness activities into a child's life. The American Academy of Pediatrics' A Parent's Guide to Childhood Obesity: A Road Map to Healthis another excellent and practical guide, but most libraries will want to have more than one good book on this important issue. Highly recommended.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments ixForeword Ralph D. Feigin, M.D. xi
Introduction 1
Creating Your Plan of Action 5
Creating Change: The Road to Success 7
Smart Behaviors to Start Slimming Down 29
Healthy Food Choices 42
Making Fitness Fun and Effective 75
Customizing Your Plan for Your Child's Age Group 91
From the Beginning; Feeding Your Infant 93
Setting Good Habits with the Pre-K Set 113
Action Is Everything in Grade School 133
Staying Tuned to Tweens 144
Older Teens: Teaching Without Telling 158
Considering the Next Steps 175
When Your Child Needs an Expert 177
Successful Journeys 194
Family Recipes 201
Breakfasts 203
Soups and Main Dishes 206
Side Dishes 225
Breads 232
Fruity Treats 238
Forms 241
Family Assessment Tool 243
Family Goals 244
Daily Food Record 245
My Pyramid 246
Tools 247
Food Quiz 249
Low-Fat Recipe Substitutions 251
Food Group Portion Sizes 253
Healthy Shopping List 254
Can You See Obesity? Calculating Body Mass Index 257
Growth Charts 259
Nutrition Glossary 267
Websites 271
References 273
About the Authors and Contributors 281
Index 285
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