Updated WIN Publications

Cómo Alimentarse y Mantenerse Activo Durante Toda La Vida: Cómo Ayudar a Su Hijo (Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Across the Lifespan: Helping Your Child). New 2002. This 23-page brochure is the first in a series of four that will appear in both English and Spanish. Cómo Ayudar a Su Hijo offers culturally appropriate advice to Spanish-speaking parents and caregivers on helping their children develop healthy eating and physical activity habits. It includes traditional recipes and a detachable list of tips that readers can use as a ready reference tool.

Gastrointestinal Surgery for Severe Obesity. Revised 2001. This updated six-page fact sheet explains how gastrointestinal surgery for obesity (also called bariatric surgery) promotes weight loss, and describes the most commonly used surgical procedures. It presents the benefits and risks of the surgery and offers guidelines to help readers determine if gastrointestinal surgery is right for them.