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 The Down Syndrome Nutrition Handbook, A Guide to
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles is available from our
lending library. Joan E. Guthrie Medlen's book looks at all aspects of
nutrition and health for children with Down syndrome from birth
through young adulthood. |
NUTRITION
Healthy eating is sometimes difficult for any of us. There
are so many unhealthy eating choices out there and so many
opportunities to be tempted from soda to chocolate to ice cream
to potato chips! Our children and young adults with Down
syndrome are no different so it is important to set good
examples and insist that our kids eat healthy.
Here are a few
resources: The Down Syndrome Nutrition Handbook aims to
help parents improve nutrition and manage weight by teaching
healthy habits early, but remember it's never too late to start!
Read the August 26, 2007 article in
Parade Magazine called,
HOW TO RAISE A
HEALTHY EATER. The information is interesting and
of course can be applied to all of our children regardless of
disability.
Healthy eating
and exercise go hand in hand. A very informative article
is
Down Syndrome and Exercise. Do you have some great ideas for good nutrition to share?
We'd like to include them on this page. Please email to
gcdso@bellsouth.net
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