Where this book is useful:

1. Learning how to select the right sport, sports team, and/or coach for your child.
2. Knowing what exercise types are appropriate for various ages of children.

Where this book is NOT useful:

1. Planning interesting and varied meals. The menus are boring, even by kid standards, and seem very stilted toward obtaining the maximum number of 'nutrition points' in the fewest number of ingredients.

2. Obtaining calorie intake recommendations personalized to your child's age, size, and activity level. While the chapter gives a wide range of calories possibly needed for each age range, no guidance is given in how to determine if your particular child (due to size and activity level) is likely to need to consume towards the upper or lower end of the range.

3. Helping parents with low-weight, high-activity level children. The nutritional information given in this book, as in almost every book I've picked up along similar lines, ASSUMES that the fit means thin, and that parents who need help raising 'fit children' need to help their children lose weight, not gain weight or just gain strength.

while the information in dr. rob's book was fine, i didn't find that it was all that useful for our family. my son is already involved in several sports, and is pretty active on his own; we're pretty health-aware when it comes to diet. so while the book had good information, there was nothing new or educational in it for us. ( )

I was not particularly impressed with the book. It's very focused on organized sports. I agree with his premise but what was shared in the book can be found elsewhere. We are not a sport family, so sporting-themed meals won't really work for us. I'm sure it's a useful book for some families, just not mine. ( )

The description of this book led me to believe that it would cover all ages of kids, and all levels of activity. I was disappointed on both points. This is basically a book on how to be a good sports parent. The book is entirely focused on sports, and on kids about 6 and up. There is really very little actual information "meat" in this book. There was very little information in this book that I found helpful. ( )

Good basic guide to fitness for kids. Not sure the catchy sports named menu items will be enough to convince reluctant eaters to try healthier food options. ( )