Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy Interview Dr. Kerby Alvy . He Explains How Positive Parenting Can Help Childhood Obesity - a podcast by Adam Shafran and Lee Kantor

We're trying something new. First we will podcast our show in it's
entirety then we'll release just the guest interviews during the week.
So please click on the PLAY button to listen to Dr. Fitness and
the Fat Guy interview positive parenting expert Dr Kerby Alvy.

Dr. Alvy is a clinical child psychologist and
internationally
respected authority on parenting and parent training. He is the
Executive
Director and Founder of the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring
which
is famous for creating model
parent training programs. He is also the Founder and a Founding Board
Member of
the National Effective Parenting Initiative. Dr. Alvy is a prolific
author of books and articles on parenting, parent
training, child development, and child abuse prevention, as well as
authoring
and co-authoring parenting education programs and seminars. Tonight he
talked about the topic of childhood obesity form his his book The
Positive Parent.
Raising Healthy, Happy and Successful
Children Birth- Adolescence. Dr. Alvy said that dealing with a child
struggling with being overweight or obesity usually requires some
professional help. And that the parent has to deal with their own
feelings regarding weight and their child's weight in order to be
successful. And he emphasized the importance of the parents role
modeling a physically active lifestyle and healthy eating. His segment
was filled with parenting tips and advice about losing weight and also
eating disorders. Please go to his website for more information and all
his books www.kerbya.com

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