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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