Jane Ogden 
The Good Parenting Food Guide [PDF ebook] 
Managing What Children Eat Without Making Food a Problem

Introduction ix
Facts and theories 1
1. What is healthy eating? 3
2. How do we learn to like the food we like? 22
3. What does food mean to us and what role does it play in our
lives? 37
4. Why are eating habits so hard to change? 52
5. Overweight and obesity: prevalence, consequences, and causes
67
6. Overweight and obesity: prevention and treatments 85
7. Eating disorders: prevalence, consequences, and causes 96
8. Eating disorders: prevention and treatments 116
Tips and reality 133
9. ‘I don’t have time to cook’ 135
10. ‘My child won’t eat a healthy diet’
161
11. ‘My child watches too much TV’: tips for being
more active 174
12. ‘My child eats too much’ 187
13. ‘My child won’t eat enough’ 196
14. ‘My child thinks they are fat’ 206
15. Take home points 216
Recommended reading 218
References 220
Index 225

Jane Ogden is Professor of Health Psychology at the
University of Surrey, UK, and has researched eating behavior,
obesity management, and eating disorders for 25 years. She
has published over 140 papers and is the author of five books,
including The Psychology of Eating: From Healthy to Disordered
Behavior, and Fat Chance: The Myth of Dieting Explained.
In addition, she has published several articles for a non-academic
audience and is a regular contributor to health discussions on the
radio and television and in magazines and newspapers. She has
two children, and this book is the culmination of 14 years of
trying to put her research into practice.