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Doctor Proposes Innovative Approach to Combat Childhood Obesity; Encourages Experts to Abandon ‘Eat Less, Exercise More’ Mindset

‘New Prescription for Childhood Obesity’ by Dr. Billy Johnson MD, Ph.D. wins praise from medical experts.

Tampa, Fla. – A new book written with extensive research by a medical doctor puts more weight on natural and environmental causes and their affects on childhood obesity rather than focusing exclusively on dieting and exercise.

With a new focus on specific factors like children’s personalities, eating habits, level of physical activities, food varieties and cooking styles, the book New Prescription for Childhood Obesity by Dr. Billy Johnson MD, PhD, offers a rational way of dealing with childhood obesity and its associated chronic diseases.

Dr. William Sun, who has earned medical certificates from the Harvard Medical School and the U.S. National Institute of Health and currently serves as senior lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan University in England, calls the concept “inspirational.”

Dr. Sun calls the book “an essential read” for all parents who care about their children’s weight and says the author’s “presentation is clear, fluent and easy to understand by all readers even with little knowledge of medicine.”

More than 9 million children suffer with obesity in the United States and there are more than 155 million obese children worldwide. In his book, New Prescription for Childhood Obesity, Dr. Billy Johnson argues that the traditional ‘eat less, exercise more’ campaign ignores the true cause of childhood obesity. He says the problem lies in the body’s damaging free radicals, which trigger oxidative stress.

“Dieting only produces short-term weight loss and fat reduction,” Dr. Johnson says. “Obesity contributes to type-2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol along with increasing the risk for certain types of cancers later in life.”

Dr. Johnson’s new prescription promotes using nature’s powerful super-antioxidants and phytonutrients to deactivate damaging free radicals. His method encourages a lifestyle change for children who will be able to connect their food intake to their level of physical activity on a meal-to-meal basis which will become a normal part of their daily routine.

In his review of the book, Dr. Sun says the material “provides valuable information and knowledge as well as workable strategies and skills directly to parents.” And that’s important because in the book, Dr. Johnson cites experts who predict the current generation of children will be the first in American history to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. Dr. Johnson puts parents on notice for their responsibility to create a healthy lifestyle for their children.

Dr. Sun says the book not only involves parents, but also provides appendices with “very useful daily meal plans and more than 40 recipes for obesity reduction.”

About Dr. Billy Johnson:  Dr. Billy Johnson, MD, Ph.D. is a medical graduate from the University of Florida and completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the Maimonides Medical Center in New York. He also holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology/Microbiology and has practiced medicine in Virginia and Connecticut. Dr. Johnson is also the founder and president of Ultimate Health Plus in Cranston, R.I. He is passionate and committed to help improve the quality of life for others, which brings him the greatest joy and satisfaction.

Publication:  New Prescription for Childhood Obesity: Fight Childhood Obesity with Antioxidants & Phytonutrients

Author: Dr. Billy Johnson, MD, Ph.D

Price: $17.95 (Paperback, 227 pages)

Publisher: iUniverse

ISBN: 0595453430

Size: 6 x 9

Published: 2008

Genre: Health & Fitness

Distribution: Ingram, Baker & Taylor, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders & worldwide web

Contact: iUniverse: www.iuniverse.com  or http://117796.myauthorsite.com/index.php?page_id=264 1-800-288-4677