- Subjects
- Published
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New York :
Workman Publishing Company
[2013]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- Revision of author's What's eating your child?
- Physical Description
- xx, 348 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-334) and index.
- ISBN
- 9780761175834
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part 1. Nutrition Detection at Work
- Chapter 1. How Important Is Nutrition, Really?
- Nutrition to the Rescue
- Where I Come From
- What Science Says About Nutrition
- In a Perfect World...
- Chapter 2. Becoming a Nutrition Detective
- Thinking Like a Detective
- What an Average Doctor Can Be Expected to Know
- Ruling Out Suspects
- The Seven Questions Every Nutrition Detective Must Ask
- Hiding in Plain Sight
- Obesity: A Nutritional or Cultural Problem?
- Sharing Information with Your Doctor
- Chapter 3. The Conundrum of Picky Eating
- The Many Moods of Tom
- Looking for Clues
- Take Control
- Chapter 4. The E.A.T. Program: What It Is and How It Works
- The E A.T. Program
- Tips for Making E A.T. Work
- Supplements to Support a Picky Eater
- Part 2. When the Body Behaves Badly
- Chapter 5. The Toddler Who Could Not Stop Spitting Up
- Why Is Reflux So Common?
- Molly's Medicine
- Allergy Versus Intolerance
- Chapter 6. The Girl Whose Tummy Always Hurt
- Shane and Her Bad Tummy
- Trouble in a Bread Basket
- Going Gluten-Free
- What Exactly Is Gluten Anyway, and Why Is It So Hard to Avoid?
- Charlotte's Quandary
- "Cheating"
- Chapter 7. The Case of the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow
- Liam: When Size Matters
- Bio-individuality
- All About Growth Hormone Testing
- Working with Liam
- Why Zinc Is Important
- Chapter 8. The Little Colon That Couldn't
- Constipation Is Common
- The Many Faces of Fiber
- Sarah: An All-Too-Common Tale
- When Fiber Goes Wrong
- Chapter 9. A Case of Chicken Skin
- The Mystery of Robert's Bumpy Skin
- The Chemical Structure of Fats
- Now Meet the Rest of the Fat Families
- Correcting Robert's EFA Deficiency
- Crafty Ways to Increase EFAs in the Diet
- Seek Until You Find
- Part 3. Kids and Their Many Moods
- Chapter 10. The Child Who Wouldn't Fall Asleep
- Annabel's Sleepless Nights
- From Bed to Worse
- Helping the Brain to Sleep
- Melatonin: What It Is and What It Does
- Is There a Downside?
- Is Melatonin Addicting?
- Night Terrors
- Chapter 11. Hyper and Annoying: Otherwise Known as Tyler and Oscar
- Tasmanian Tyler
- The Connection Between Sugar and Hyperactivity
- Tyler Takes on the Diet
- What the Heck Is DMAE?
- The Taming of Tyler
- Oreo-Loving Oscar
- Chapter 12. The Bipolar Child Who Wasn't
- Jessica's Chaotic Behavior
- The Last Resort
- How Can You Tell If It's Celiac Disease?
- The Wacky World of Gluten-Sensitivity Screening Tests
- The Real Jessica Emerges
- Jessica, the Teenage Years
- Chapter 13. The Worrier
- Evie, the Worrier
- Growing Up Nervous
- Amino Acids and Anxiety
- Beyond Amino Acids
- The Research on Omega-3s
- What We Did with Evie
- Part 4. Learning and Behavior in Kids
- Chapter 14. Hungry and Angry Siblings
- Getting to the Problem
- When Eating Makes You Hungrier
- The Clues
- Getting the Whole Family Involved
- Chapter 15. Two Cases of Chronic Ear Infections
- Emily's Aching Ears
- Auditory Development
- Behind Daniel's ADHD
- Are Frequent Ear Infections an Early Risk Factor for Later ADHD?
- Chapter 16. The Tales of Chuck and Dale
- Chuck and His Strawberries
- The Poison on Our Plants
- Dale: The Plot Thickens
- Artificial Colorings
- Chapter 17. The Child Who Couldn't Speak in Sentences
- Words Without Speech
- When Speech Is Delayed
- Is My Child Just Clumsy or Dyspraxic?
- What Is the Right Chemistry for Learning?
- The Best Dyspraxia Program Ever
- When Fish Oil Doesn't Work
- Chapter 18. The Overly Sensitive Child
- Sensitive Isaac
- Sensory Processing Demystified
- SPD and Diet - Slow But Steady Progress
- Becoming a Food Whisperer for a Child with SPD
- The Limits of Nutrition
- Chapter 19. Frequently Asked Questions
- I Love My Doctor but...
- Vitamins and Minerals and Supplements, Oh, My...
- Obstacles to Dietary Change
- Ridiculously Picky Eaters
- Thinking Ahead
- The Last Word
- References
- Index