Obesity; Nurturing Healthy Habits: Supporting Your Child's Journey to Well-being

Helping your child grow up healthy, confident, and strong shouldn't be confusing or guilt-ridden. Yet in today's world of oversized portions, sedentary lifestyles, and endless screen time, many parents feel overwhelmed when it comes to nurturing their child's well-being-especially around weight, body image, and health habits. That's where Obesity: Nurturing Healthy Habits steps in.

Written with compassion and backed by evidence-based guidance, this empowering book offers parents, carers, and educators a friendly roadmap to supporting children in developing habits that foster lifelong wellness-without shame, pressure, or negativity. Forget strict diets or rigid exercise routines. This is about small, realistic changes that make a big difference.

In clear, accessible language, Marcus Raithe helps you understand:

• What healthy growth actually looks like across different ages

• Why BMI isn't the whole story-and what matters more

• How to create positive, joyful food experiences without fear or fuss

• Why hydration, sleep, and movement matter just as much as meals

• How screen time affects physical and emotional well-being-and what to do about it

• How to encourage active play in a fun, sustainable way

• Why kids look to adults as role models-and how to lead by example

• How to cultivate body confidence and kindness from an early age

Inside, you'll find tips, encouragement, and down-to-earth strategies for creating a home environment that supports health, happiness, and self-esteem. You'll also learn how to spot the unhelpful patterns that often sneak in-like emotional eating, food bribery, or sleep disruptions-and how to replace them with tools that build long-term resilience.

Each chapter is designed to tackle one area of daily life, offering ideas you can implement straight away. From boosting family meals to turning screen battles into green-time adventures, it's about equipping your child (and yourself) with the tools to thrive.

This isn't a weight-loss manual. It's a handbook for positive change. It's a guide to helping children build a relationship with their bodies and their health that is grounded in joy, respect, and self-love. With warmth and understanding, Marcus Raithe shows that the journey to wellness doesn't have to be a battle. It can be an invitation-a gentle, hopeful step toward something better.

Whether you're a parent looking for guidance, a teacher seeking insights, or a caregiver trying to make sense of it all, this book gives you the confidence to support children in a way that feels natural, empowering, and kind.

Let's change the conversation-from weight to well-being.
Let's raise kids who love to move, eat well, rest deeply, and feel proud of who they are.