The Down Syndrome Nutrition Handbook: A Guide to Promoting Healthy Lifestyles

The Down Syndrome Nutrition Handbook: A Guide to Promoting Healthy Lifestyles
by Joan Guthrie Medlen

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Author: Joan Guthrie Medlen
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-08-07
ISBN: 0978611802
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Phronesis Publishing

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I wish that I had had this book when my teenage daughter was a newborn. I am trying to undo the poor choices made along the way in her nutrition in order to maximize her health and physical well being. This book has been tremendously helpful.

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Summary of The Down Syndrome Nutrition Handbook: A Guide to Promoting Healthy Lifestyles

This groundbreaking, one-of-a-kind book provides information and tools for carving healthy lifestyles people with Down syndrome, their families, and those who support them.

The Down Syndrome Nutrition Handbook has something to offer to everyone. The medical information regarding people with Down syndrome is helpful to parents and professionals alike who want to know more about recommendations for specific conditions, such as diabetes and celiac disease, as well as basic nutrition and physiology.

The rest of the book is devoted to issues and strategies for promoting healthful living that can be used for babies, children, teens and adults with and without Down syndrome. Joan uses universal design and visual strategies to reach people who may struggle with reading focus on learning how to be healthy.

The author is a registered and the mother of a teenager with Down syndrome, autism, celiac disease, and who is nonverbal. Using her education and her experience she blends best practices for education, communication, nutrition, and support strategies into every aspect of living a healthful life.

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