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In this practical, hands-on book, William Marsiglio not only tells dads why they need to improve their children’s (and their own) fitness and health, but also shows them exactly how to do it.
—ARMIN BROTT, MrDad.com, and bestselling author of The Expectant Father, The New Father, and Fathering Your Toddler
This engaging book is the first to focus specifically on the role that fathers can play promoting the health, fitness, and well-being of their children. Going beyond generalities, it offers inspiring and time-tested suggestions about the ways in which ‘new fathers’ can actively parent in every way.
—MICHAEL LAMB, author of The Role of the Father in Child Development
Powerful and informative, Dads, Kids, and Fitness is a wellspring of insights into fathering, family dynamics, and health and fitness concerns. Readers will walk away finding slices of relevance to their own lives and relationships with their kids.
—DON SABO, coeditor of Sport, Men, and the Gender Order
Marsiglio observes how becoming a father affects not only the man’s health, but the health of his children. Marsiglio provides a mix of personal anecdote, objective data, and the latest research to link what fathers do with their child’s health.
—Dr. CRAIG GARFIELD, fathering researcher and pediatrician
Marsiglio provides great perspectives and experiences to be imparted to fathers. This book opens the conversation for a broadly positive impact that fathers can have when they take their health seriously as influential members of the family unit.
—DAVID BELL, professor of pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center