The Pizza Trap by Gabrielle Welch

Junk food is everywhere: at school, at the ball field, at the mall -- even at your dinner table. Today, more and more American children are suffering from conditions that were once reserved for adults: obesity, diabetes, coronary artery disease and hypertension. And unhealthy eating the primary cause. It may seem like a battle that can't be won, but you can get your kids off junk food and set them on a lifelong path to healthy eating and wellness. As a Nutritional Consultant and mother of three, author Gabrielle Welch offers easy, practical and fun ways to educate and empower your kids to eat right. The Pizza Trap is a guide for every parent. Gabrielle's simple tips will help you experience less mealtime struggles and discover new ways to eat healthy on the go.

I should never have agreed to do this review.  The blurb makes this book seem like it offers "easy, practical and fun" ideas for healthier eating.  And, at some points it does offer that.  The thing is, so much of this book is telling you how awful so many things are to eat, using scare tactics and guilt methods.  "Do you want your kids to be one of those people?"  (speaking of people who suffer from depression, because they eat the wrong things, of course) That really gets my shakles up.  I did not like this book at all.  It was all in the presentation and approach.

I actually wrote a whole page of reaction to this book but there is no point in arguing the points I did and did not agree with.  I've read plenty of books and magazines about eating healthier and changing mealtime habits and the bottom line is that this book is not one I would recommend to anyone.  I just did not like it.  

*I was offered this book in exchange for my honest opinion.