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Happy Feet, Healthy Food is a combination of logbook (to record exercise and diet) and a sourcebook for games, activities and eating tips.

Each week features bright color illustrations, lists of games and activities to try, advice on good foods, suggestions for packing snacks and lunches, and a log page to write about the activities of each day and the foods eaten.

The goal is to promote understanding of the benefits of exercise and healthy eating, to improve the child's reading and writing skills, and to foster dialogue with parents. Perfect for use in schools or at home.

From Amby Burfoot's Foreword --
(Amby is the winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon, and now Executive Editor of Runner's World Magazine): "When I was younger, I thought Albert Einstein was the world's only real genius and his famous equation, E=MC2, was the proof of his genius. Now I am older and wiser, and I realize genius takes many forms."This book is a work of genius, for example. "I say this with certainty because this is the first book to recognize that we must begin to teach our kids about good health and nutrition at a very early age.

When we wait longer, as we have for too long, we end up raising kids who are overweight and out-of-shape, as the daily newspapers now tell us almost every morning. Others will soon wake up and produce more books and videos to encourage kids' fitness, but this will always be the first, and I dare say it will be difficult for anyone else to improve upon.

It is a fun and info-packed place for youngsters to learn about running and good health. This book is all that, and more. When your kids use this book, often with you at their side, they won't just get healthier. They'll also practice basic counting skills, and write short stories about food, exercise, and the outside environment. A number of research studies have shown that aerobic exercise floods the brain with oxygen, unlocking its creativity.

I hope you'll open this book often with your child. You'll both be glad you did. And you'll continue to see the benefits for many years to come-perhaps even a lifetime.

Amby Burfoot
Executive Editor, Runner's World Magazine
Boston Marathon Winner, 1968
Emmaus, Pennsylvania

Reader Reviews:

1:

As Amby Burfoot notes in his introduction, we're hearing about the increasingly obese American on a daily basis now, particularly how the problem is starting with our children.

Carol Goodrow's solution starts with our children as well, and it is neither overly ambitious nor particularly challenging. It is simply this: teach your kids to eat in a healthy way every day, to exercise every day, and do it with them.

Get them in the habit at a young age, show them that an active and healthy lifestyle is fun and enjoyable, and they'll grow up enjoying it. That said, this isn't a how-to book. It's more like a workbook, and it doesn't ask for much at any one time. It has weekly pages for your children to write down their exercise, fill in their healthy meals, and be creative.

It offers pages full of ideas for fun, active things to do outside (you won't find a computer game anywhere in the book) and encourages parents to fill in the pages with their children. Because it is meant to be consumed a little at a time, it encourages and supports positive habits, rather than just making an argument and sending you out on your own.

If you're looking for a good way to encourage healthy habits in your children and yourself, this is almost certainly the best place to start. And if you buy this book now, you might save them buying dozens of "quick-fix," so-called diet books selling weight-loss "secrets," later in life. In that way, it's downright subversive. Who knew?