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Good
Health for African American Kids
by Barbara M. Dixon, Josleen Wilson (From Publishers Weekly)
Noting the health gap between black and white Americans,
Dixon, a nutritionist who practices with her physician
husband in Baton Rouge, La., offers African American parents
sound, jargon-free advice on raising healthy children.
Aided by health writer Wilson, she begins with instructions
for charting a family health tree to identify such genetic
risk factors for heart disease as diabetes and hypertension.
Advice on prenatal care is followed by that for infant,
child and adolescent care. Focusing on disease prevention,
Dixon includes ample advice on nutrition-including a few
recipes. Acknowledging that African Americans are often
distrustful of the medical establishment, she includes
some trustworthy home remedies, such as drinking plenty
of water to help avoid pregnancy-related constipation,
and offers counsel on finding supportive health care providers.
Urging parents not to overlook such preventive measures
as well-baby checkups, immunizations and dental visits,
Dixon also discusses AIDS, sex, street drugs, sickle-cell
disease, lead exposure and the stress of racism. An extensive
directory of resources adds to the book's usefulness.
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