Judy Mazel, Palisadian author of ‘The New Beverly Hills Diet’ and ‘Slim & Fit Kids: Raising Children in a Fast Food World’ will discuss young people, obesity and a solution at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 24 at the Palisades Branch Library, 861 Alma Real. The book was co-authored with Dr. John Monaco, an intensive care pediatrician. The Journal of the American Medical Association came out with a study that obesity will be the leading cause of death in the year 2005 if Americans do not change their eating habits and increase physical activity. The number of children and adolescents who are overweight has tripled in the past 20 years. One-third of U.S. children are overweight or obese. Ignored for too long, childhood obesity, a killer, has become the surgeon general’s number one priority for the 21st century. Mazel’s book maps out a way of eating and feeding a family that is convenient as well as nourishing, slimming and energizing. Mazel’s ‘Beverly Hills Diet’ is based on the concepts of conscious food combining and the way that enzymes appearing naturally in foods aid digestion. This philosophy is the cornerstone of the ‘Slim & Fit Kids’ eating program. Mazel’s prescription for slimming down offers a program of nonrestrictive eating that doesn’t include counting calories or fat grams, limiting portions or restricting fast food. Instead, the approach emphasizes combining foods for maximum effectiveness of digestion and nutrient absorption. One of the tenets of the regiment is to eat fruit without any other foods and on an empty stomach for quick absorption. Another rule of what is termed ‘conscious combining’ is to minimize mixing carbs and proteins. The book includes many recipes, all designed to promote health and energy, along with a 28-day exercise program, designed by Palisadian Thea White. Monaco and Mazel also delve into the psychological and social effects on children of being overweight and offer ‘games’ on how to talk and work with kids on this sensitive subject. Contact: 459-2754.
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