Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment [WorldCat Entities]

"This fully updated new edition summarizes the latest scientific knowledge on childhood obesity, focusing on the developmental aspects of the condition and discussing the influences and factors predisposing individuals to obesity from an early age."@en
"Summarizes the latest scientific knowledge on obesity in children and focuses on the developmental aspects of obesity, especially on the influences and factors predisposing individuals to obesity from early periods of life."
"Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment, Second Edition summarizes the comprehensive body of scientific knowledge and understanding of obesity in children. This edition focuses on the developmental aspects of obesity, especially on the influences and factors predisposing the growing organism to obesity from the early periods of life. This new body of knowledge stems from both basic research and recent epidemiological and clinical studies. All chapters are updated and special attention is given to the prevention of obesity in the context of developmental physiology for individual periods of growth, which include lifestyle modification, particularly dietary and physical activity approaches. (Midwest)."

Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment