Childhood obesity : risk factors, health effects, and prevention / Carol M. Segel, editor.

Other author Segel, Carol M.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Nova Science, ©2011.
Descriptionxi, 204 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Subjects

SeriesPublic health in the 21st century
Metabolic diseases - laboratory and clinical research series
Public health in the 21st century series. ^A1061175
Metabolic diseases--laboratory and clinical research series. ^A1060814
Contents The importance of physical activity in a lofty pediatric obesity context / Benjamin C. Guinhouya -- Contribution of physiological and psychosocial risk factors combined with sedentary lifestyles to overweight and obesity : prospects for prevention / Pouran D. Faghri, Cynthia H. Adams -- The prevalence of overweight and obesity and related metabolic abnormalities among children and adolescents in China / Zhijie Yu, Gang Hu, Xilin Yang -- Ethnic differences in pediatric obesity and the metabolic syndrome / Zeena Salman, Mark D. DeBoer -- Migrant status -- an important risk factor for developing obesity during childhood / Sylvia Kirchengast -- Promotion of healthy lifestyles to prevent obesity in school children / Elena Centis, Rebecca Marzocchi, Giulio Marchesini -- Using real-time data capture methods to investigate children's physical activity and eating behaviors / Genevieve Fridlund Dunton -- Effects of schoolyard's attributes on childhood obesity / Isabel Mourão-Carvalhal, Eduarda Coelho -- A gender-structured random model for understanding adulthood obesity / Francisco-J. Santonja, Rafael J. Villanueva, Lucas J'odar -- Does this study inform policy? Examination of leading childhood obesity journals' instructions to authors regarding policy-related research and implications / Sheila Fleischhacker ... [et al.] -- Nutrition education in school-based childhood and adolescent obesity prevention programs / Melinda J. Ickes, Manoj Sharma -- Child obesity in global perspective emergent risks related to social status, urbanism, and poverty / Alexandra Brewis, Mary C. Meyer.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010036033
ISBN9781617619823 (hardcover)
ISBN1617619825 (hardcover)

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Joyner General Stacks RJ399.C6 C483 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold