This book outlines a potentially life-changing program that Dr Gary Leong has developed called the 2020 Family Health Challenge.Dr Gary Leong is a paediatric endocrinologist who specialises in the treatment of children suffering with obesity and diabetes and its complications. A humane and very real person - not just a medical doctor and PhD - Gary loves working with kids and their families to help them work towards and enjoy healthier, happier lives.This book outlines a potentially life-changing program that Dr Gary Leong has developed called the 2020 Family Health Challenge. It encourages you to courageously and honestly confront the underlying reasons for the obesity affecting your child. But it is also about parents and children taking appropriate levels of personal responsibility and then taking action to make a sustainable, manageable change for a better, healthier, active and more purposeful life. This book attempts to solve the problem of what you can do as a parent when you think you have run out of options for a child suffering from obesity.
P>About the Author: Dr Gary Leong is a Sydney based Paediatrician, cyclist, and founder of the 2020 Family Health Challenge. The challenge is designed to combat the issues of Family and childhood obesity in an achievable and rewarding way. For the whole decade commencing 2020, hes challenging families everywhere to start revisiting old trends of togetherness in the kitchen, the dining table, the back yard and the playground. His book - Ride to Life launched early May, and is one of Amazons hot new releases in Child Health. While Garys research has taken him across the globe, from Sydney, Australia to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, it is his clinical work with children and their families that inspired his work finding practical ways to help families break the cycle of obesity. Experiencing firsthand the devastating impacts of obesity on families, Gary felt impassioned to find simple and practical ways to support these parents and children to reclaim their lives through sustainable changes that anyone can do, with the right mindset, habits and support. Integrating his personal love of cycling, especially long, challenging rides like Le Tour de France, Gary encourages everyone to get on their bike and stay on it. Gary rides every year for various charities, but has been a great supporter of the Smiling for Smiddy Cancer charity which supports cancer research in melanoma at the Mater Foundation. More recently he has become a board member of the Fab to Fit Foundation which promotes physical activity programs for children from socially disadvantaged communities where childhood obesity is highly prevalent.- We ship across Australia, including major cities like: Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Newcastle and the Gold Coast