Joanna Dolgoff
American Pediatric Association Spokesperson and pediatrician Dr. Joanna Dolgoff has been featured as a childhood obesity expert on ABC and NBC, works as a CBS News Official Online Correspondent, and has relationships with Good Morning America, The Today Show, Dr. Phil, The View, The Early Show, Inside Edition, Extra TV, and Good Day New York. Dr. Dolgoff also participated in round table discussions for the National Institutes of Health and Subway Restaurants’ We Can! Childhood Obesity Prevention Program and is a spokesperson for Splenda. Her online platform includes an online child weight loss program, blogging, and social networking.
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About the book:
Red Light, Green Light, Eat Right
(Rodale, December 2009)
This nutrition plan for the whole family is the definitive book on healthy eating for children and their families. Dr. Dolgoff uses the power of play to get families excited about healthy eating. Foods are categorized by the colors of the traffic light—Green Light (Go!), Yellow Light (Slow!), and Red Light (Uh-Oh!).
Based on their age, gender, and goals, children eat a certain number of Green Light foods at every meal and snack. There’s Free Fuel and Pit Stops; they can mix and match their Lights. There is no calorie counting. No foods are off-limits, from chocolate to cheese, home-cooked meals to fast food. It’s a real-world game plan, with real-world options, preferences, and lifestyles. Kids learn to make healthier choices for themselves, which empowers them to make healthy choices for a lifetime. There is no tricking or deception; no complicated calculations to confuse their food choices.
And the full spectrum of eaters can be accommodated—over- or under-, picky or undiscerning, parent or child—so overweight children don’t feel singled out. In the first twelve weeks of the program, many children lose up to fifteen pounds, and in its inaugural year, the program has enjoyed a 96% weight loss success rate. Snacks and meals are designed to ensure that children get the nutrients they need to not only lose or maintain weight, but to grow strong, healthy bodies.
Dr. Dolgoff also discusses the important issues surrounding child and adolescent weight management and gives tips on how to follow the program while dining out, going to birthday parties, and celebrating the holidays. Complete with sample menus, recipes, 50 fun activities that count as exercise, and an index of more than 1,000 color-coded foods, this book makes playing with your food oh-so-good for you.
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