Childhood obesity : contemporary issues /: contemporary issues. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by N. Cameron, N.G. Norgan, and G.T.H. Ellison.
• Other Names: Cameron, Noël; Norgan, Nicholas G; Ellison, G. T. H (George T. H.)
• Contents: ASSESSING THE SCOPE AND IMPACT OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY; Childhood Obesity: Assessment and Prevalence, T.J. Cole; Global Perspectives on Adolescent Obesity, P. Gordon-Larsen and B.M. Popkin; A Brief Review of the Health Consequences of Childhood Obesity, F. Regan and P. Betts; Social and Self-Perception of Obese Children and Adolescents, A. Hill; Self-Perceptions and Physical Activity Behavior of Obese Young People, L. Foster and A. Page; What's It Like Being the Parent of an Overweight Child? L. Edmunds; ; THE ROLE OF BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL PROCESSES IN THE AETIOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY; The Value of Birth Cohorts in the Study of Childhood Obesity, A. Ness; Biobehavioral Determinants of Energy Intake and Childhood Obesity, M.B.E. Livingstone and K. L. Rennie; Childhood Obesity, Physical Activity, and the Environment, A.R. Cooper and A. Page; Interactions Among Physical Activity, Food Choice, and Appetite Control: Health Messages in Physical Activity and Diet, J.E. Blundell, N.A. King, and E. Bryant; Perinatal Influences on Childhood Obesity Risk, D.B. Dunger and K.K. Ong; Childhood Predictors of BMI Trajectories, T. Parsons; ; THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY; Childhood Obesity in the Community: Treatment, Prevention, and Monitoring of Childhood Obesity in Leeds, U.K, M.J. Rudolf; Obesity Prevention in Childhood and Adolescence: A Review of Systematic Reviews, J.J. Reilly; The Barriers to, and the Facilitators of, Healthy Eating Among Children: Findings from a Systematic Review, J. Thomas, K. Sutcliffe, A. Harden, A. Oakley, S. Oliver, R. Rees, G. Brunton, and J. Kavanagh; Does Food Promotion Influence Children's Diet? A Review of the Evidence, L. McDermott, M. Stead, and G. Hastings; References; Index
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxviii, 272 pages)
• Subjects: 618.92/398; Obesity in children -- Congresses; Obesity -- etiology; Obesity -- prevention & control; Obesity -- therapy; Child; Adolescent; MEDICAL -- Pediatrics; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Children's Health; Obesity in children; Congresses; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1420038079; 9781420038071
• Related ISBNs: 0849328578; 9780849328572
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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