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by Karen Miller-Kovach (Author), Meredith Vieira (Introduction by), Marc Jacobson (Foreword by)
For the first time, Family Power provides a revolutionary program that gives you proven, practical solutions for achieving a healthy weight and maintaining it as a family. Filled with the motivational stories of families who have achieved healthy-weight homes as well as expert advice from their coaches, Family Power gets your family up, moving, and improving health together as no other book ever has before.
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Follow the 5 Simple Rules for a healthy-weight home!Focus on wholesome, nutritious foods.Include treats.Aim to keep nonhomework screen time at two hours (or less) per day.Try to be active an hour per day.The Rules apply to everyone in the home.
Living in a healthy-weight home--in which all family members share a lifestyle that supports nutritious eating and regular physical activity--can make a tremendous difference in stopping and reversing the pattern of weight gain that can lead to obesity for all members of the family, including children and adolescents. For the first time, Family Power provides a revolutionary program that gives you proven, practical solutions for achieving a healthy weight and maintaining it as a family.
Filled with the motivational stories of families who have achieved healthy-weight homes as well as expert advice from their coaches, Family Power gets your family up, moving, and improving health together as no other book ever has before.
Author Biography
KAREN MILLER-KOVACH is Chief Scientific Officer of Weight Watchers International, Inc. She is also the coauthor of Weight Loss That Lasts. With its mission of helping people reach and maintain a healthy weight through a comprehensive weight-management program that is based on the latest science, WEIGHT WATCHERS has meetings that provide the coaching and tools to help people make positive changes for lasting weight loss. Six-time Emmy Award-winning MEREDITH VIEIRA is the coanchor of NBC-TV's Today show. A board-certified pediatrician, MARC JACOBSON, M.D., is a Professor of Pediatrics, Epidemiology, and Social Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
