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Subject(s)

• Obesity in children [Browse]

Editor

Goran, Michael I. [Browse]

Series

ProQuest Ebook Central. [More in this series]

Summary note

In recent years there has been tremendous progress in the understanding of childhood obesity and in strategies for prevention and treatment. This book presents current reviews on the complex problem of obesity from the multi-level causes throughout early life and the implications of this for long-term disease risk. It reviews numerous types of strategies that have been used to address this issue from conventional clinical management to global policy strategies attempting to modify the global landscape of food, nutrition, and physical activity. Each chapter is written by a global authority in his or her respective field with a focus on reviewing the current status and recent developments.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contents

• Section I. Epidemiology of childhood obesity in different populations
• Section II. Nutritional factors contributing to childhood obesity
• Section III. Individual and environmental factors contributing to and/or associated with childhood obesity
• Section IV. Behavioral and metabolic consequences of childhood obesity
• Section V. Treatment and prevention of childhood obesity
• Section VI. Public health and policy based interventions.

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ISBN

• 1-315-35380-6
• 1-315-37095-6
• 1-4987-2066-8
• 9781498720663
• 9781315370958

OCLC

• 960909645
• 961059604

Doi

10.1201/9781315370958

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