Across the UK there is a great deal of concern about the quality of children's diets and the growing problem of children's obesity. There is also anxiety about the rise of dieting and eating disorders at younger ages. Both obesity and eating disorders can be treated through educational, medical and therapeutic means with varying degrees of success. Wouldn't it be better to prevent them in the first place, or to "nip them in the bud" before they have progressed so far as to require treatment? This is not only the message coming loudly from Government (DfES, 2004a; DoH, 2004a), but more importantly from children whose eating behaviour can be both a symptom and a cause of unhappiness (EDA, 2002; Hill and Silver, 1995; Dixey et al., 2001). Healthy Eating in Primary Schools shows how schools can adopt a holistic approach to promoting children's healthier eating and wellbeing. This book contains an introduction, and nine chapters: The first chapter (1) Children's Eating: the Indigestible Evidence; (2) Overweight and Obesity; (3) Body Image; (4) Gender, Body Image and Eating; (5) Dieting; (6) Eating Distress and Eating Disorders; (7) A Whole-school Approach to Healthier Eating; (8) Healthier Eating within the Whole-School Community; and The final chapter (9) Lesson Plans. The book concludes with Examples of Weekly Planning Sheets, and References. Appended are: (1) Healthy Eating in Primary Schools: The Interviewees; (2) Useful Information: Organisations and Websites; and (3) Useful Books. [This book was published by Paul Chapman Publishing.]