Putting children on diets

Interview with Randi Levin

Topics of conversation:

• Importance of educating parents
• Foods as rewards or comforting pains
• Putting children on diets
• How to add more fruits and vegetables to meals
• Medical issues - bulimia and anorexia in children

Randi Levin was raised in Philadelphia, and introduced to the preparation of good food in her grandmothers’ kitchens long before she entered school.  She went on to become highly educated and trained as a teacher and mental health professional. Many years were occupied helping children and families overcome obstacles related to learning disabilities, behavioral disorders, eating disorders, emotional traumas or just common childhood confusions related to growing up healthy and wise.

In the early 1990’s, Randi’s life and career changed in a moment due to a medical condition. Yet, she never gave in; instead she found another way to help others through the goodness of homemade food and her cookbooks, Baking at High Altitude and Sharing Mountain Recipes. Today she is an internationally awarded culinary author, who believes that knowledge and good food should be shared; and that helping others is a gift.

Love More, Feed Less: A Tasty Path Toward Avoiding Childhood Obesity

Randi Lee Levin
The Muffin Lady Inc. (2010)
ISBN 9780974500836
Reviewed by Marissa Libbit for Reader Views (11/10)

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