Jenna's Big Fat Secret: A Story about Food and Feelings

Childhood obesity is a huge national problem. Once children are overweight, they suffer emotionally. They are picked on and teased. Ironically, these overweight children turn back to food as a source of comfort, which just makes their weight problems worse. "Jenna's Big FAT Secret" is the first children's book ever written to help overweight children to understand the relationship between food and feelings. It is the story of Jenna, a pre-teen girl who is overweight and uses food to cope with her feelings. Eventually, Jenna discovers that the cycle of emotional eating makes her problems worse and that she does have the ability to change. "Jenna's Big FAT Secret "is a compassionate and empowering book for overweight children. This book also includes practical, psychologically-oriented advice to parents and professionals who want to help to support overweight children and help them lose weight.Schechter, Lynn R. is the author of 'Jenna's Big Fat Secret: A Story about Food and Feelings', published 2007 under ISBN 9780595440016 and ISBN 0595440010.