Fat No More: A Teenager's Victory over Obesity
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (583 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B008VWH2TG |
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| Number of Pages | : | 559 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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RECOMEND FOR SURE I recomend this book for parents and kids, it's amazing. This book reveals the feelings of an obese child and the effects that has on his life. The parents must know about the obesity and take care about it.
A good choice for self-help reading or as a discussion book, this is a worthy motivational resource." --School Library Journal. An honest, emotional, and realistic personal narrative. Hidalgo-Robert describes in a conversational style how he became so heavy. Teenagers, and perhaps especially Latino readers, will relate to his struggles with family expectations and sabotage." --VOYA"A timely account of a teen's success in losing weight and improving his health. "In this touching and often humorous memoir, a young Latino man from Texas recalls his childhood as the obese center of his extended family
. He is also the founder of an online anti-obesity campaign, Healthy Bert: No Child Left with a Big Behind Foundation. He lives with his family in Redwood City, California. ALBERTO HIDALGO-ROBERT studies biochemistry at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, California
By the time he was nine he had tried ten different diets. PRAISE FOR THE BOOK:“In this touching and often humorous memoir, a young Latino man from Texas recalls his childhood as the obese center of his extended family. He even includes easy-to-make recipes for delicious foods that will appeal to any teenager. A spirited tale of a young man who lost his way, this book offers a roadmap for living a healthy life and regaining self-respect and social acceptance. Each chapter contains “battling” tools, examples of both good and bad behavior and typical self-deceptions in the war to conquer oneself and live a healthier life. By the age of seven, he weighed a whopping 120 pounds and his pediatrician had started him on a diet. Teenagers, and perhaps especially Latino readers, will relate to his struggles with family expectations and sabotage.” — VOYA. An absorbing account of one young person’s attempts to deal w