Preventing childhood obesity : health in the balance
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Jeffrey Koplan; Catharyn T Liverman; Vivica A Kraak
- ناشر : Washington, D.C. : National Academies
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2005
- شابک / ISBN : 9780309091961
Description
Extent and consequences of childhood obesity -- Developing an action plan -- A national public health priority -- Industry, advertising, media, and public education -- Local communities -- Schools -- Home -- Confronting the childhood obesity epidemic
Preventing Childhood Obesity provides a broad-based examination of the nature, extent, and consequences of obesity in U.S. children and youth, including the social environmental medical and dietary factors responsible for its increased prevalence. The book also offers a prevention-oriented action plan that identifies the most promising array of short-term and long-term interventions as well as recommendations for the roles and responsibilities of numerous stakeholders in various sectors of society. Preventing Childhood Obesity explores the underlying causes of this serious health problem and the actions needed to initiale, support, and sustain the societal and lifestyle changes that can reverse the trend among our children and youth."--BOOK JACKET. Read less
