Overweight and obesity in America's children : causes, consequences, solutions / special editor of this volume, Amy B. Jordan.

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English
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Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, [2008]
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243 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

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    "January 2008."
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    Includes bibliographical references.
    Contents
    • Childhood overweight and the relationship between parent behaviors, parenting style, and family functioning / Kyung Rhee
    • Children's healthy weight and the school environment / Laura C. Leviton
    • Childhood overweight and the built environment : making technology part of the solution rather than part of the problem / Amy Hillier
    • Childhood obesity prevention : successful community-based efforts / Laure DeMattia, Shannon Lee Denney
    • The Effects of food marketing on children's preference : testing the moderating roles of age and gender / Ariel Chernin
    • Children, television viewing, and weight status : summary and recommendations from an expert panel meeting / Amy B. Jordan, Thomas N. Robinson
    • Calories for sale : food marketing to children in the Twenty-first Century / Susan Linn, Courtney L. Novosat
    • First Amendment implications of restricting food and beverage marketing in schools / Samantha K. Graff
    • Assessing the feasibility and impact of federal childhood obesity policies / Victoria L. Brescoll, Rogan Kersh, Kelly D. Brownell
    • Generation O : addressing childhood overweight before it's too late / Laura M. Segal, Emily A. Gadola
    • Mobilizing to defeat the childhood obesity epidemic / Tom Harkin
    • Confronting childhood obesity / Sam Brownback
    • What can we do to control childhood obersity? / William H. Dietz, Thomas N. Robinson
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    • 9781412966849 (hardcover)
    • 1412966841 (hardcover)
    • 9781412966856 (paperback)
    • 141296685X (paperback)
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    186466758
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