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Weight Loss Confidential: How Teens Lose Weight and Keep It Off – And What They Wish Parents Knew Houghton Mifflin, January 2007 For every family with an overweight teen or preteen– A groundbreaking book about teens who found weight-loss success, by the author of the best-selling Thin for Life… Weight Loss Confidential is the first book written from the perspective of young people who succeeded at losing weight sensibly and keeping it off – one that’s based on first-hand accounts from formerly overweight teens about what works and what doesn’t work for weight management. Using the approach that made her book Thin for Life an award-winning bestseller, Anne conducted in-depth surveys and interviews with more than 100 formerly overweight young people – and many of their parents – from diverse backgrounds, across the United States and Canada. Many of the teens overcame heavy odds: many had been overweight for a long time, most had at least one overweight parent, and some lost as much as 100 pounds. Anne was inspired to write this book when her own son became motivated to lose 65 pounds after meeting another teen who had slimmed down. That’s when she realized that teens don’t necessarily listen to their parents – even when their parents, like Anne, are weight experts. They listen to other teens. Anne uses their voices to inform both parents and teens about what works and what doesn’t work for adolescent weight management. Her findings are bolstered by the latest studies and advice from leading experts in the field. Weight Loss Confidential offers compelling stories and reveals what strategies helped the teens lose excess pounds, which tactics can create a healthy home food environment, and which ones can backfire. It challenges myths about teen weight loss and addresses both practical and controversial aspects of weight management for young people – from dieting and dealing with body image to the role parents play in the process. The book tells how to find a sound weight-loss program and describes many resources for overweight teens and their families. The foreword for the book is written by Holly Wyatt, MD, from the University of Colorado and Denver Health Sciences Center and National Program Director for the Centers for Obesity Research and Education (C.O.R.E.) Weight Loss Confidential is a book about resilience. It’s about kids who suffered from one of today’s worst stigmas, then turned their lives around. As the number of overweight children and teens skyrockets, Weight Loss Confidential offers solutions – healthy strategies that families can use for a lifetime. |
