{"id":229,"date":"2019-10-23T10:48:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T14:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/marsig\/?page_id=229"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:55:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:55:52","slug":"book-comments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/marsig\/book-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container px-0 pt-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-start\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Book Comments<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/marsig\/files\/cover_finals_dads-kids-and-fitness.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:299px;height:auto\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><em>See what others are saying about\u00a0<cite>Dads, Kids, and Fitness: A Father&#8217;s Guide to Family Health<\/cite>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><q>In this practical, hands-on book, William Marsiglio not only tells dads why they need to improve their children&#8217;s (and their own) fitness and health, but also shows them exactly how to do it.<\/q><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014<strong>ARMIN BROTT<\/strong>, MrDad.com, and bestselling author of\u00a0<cite>The Expectant Father<\/cite>,\u00a0<cite>The New Father<\/cite>, and\u00a0<cite>Fathering Your Toddler<\/cite><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><q>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 \u2018new fathers\u2019 can actively parent in every way.<\/q><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014<strong>MICHAEL LAMB<\/strong>, author of\u00a0<cite>The Role of the Father in Child Development<\/cite><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><q>Powerful and informative,\u00a0<cite>Dads, Kids, and Fitness<\/cite>\u00a0is 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.<\/q><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014<strong>DON SABO<\/strong>, coeditor of\u00a0<cite>Sport, Men, and the Gender Order<\/cite><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><q>Marsiglio observes how becoming a father affects not only the man&#8217;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&#8217;s health.<\/q><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014<strong>Dr. CRAIG GARFIELD<\/strong>, fathering researcher and pediatrician<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><q>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.<\/q><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014<strong>DAVID BELL<\/strong>, professor of pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/marsig\/dads-kids-and-fitness-book-information\/\">Return to book main page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-229","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/marsig\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/marsig\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/marsig\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/marsig\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/marsig\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/marsig\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":544,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/marsig\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/229\/revisions\/544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/marsig\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}