Title: Childhood obesity prevention : international research, controversies, and interventions /
Authors: O'Dea, Jennifer A.; Eriksen, Michael P.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Adolescent; Child; Socioeconomic Factors; Obesity prevention & control; Obesity in children Prevention.
Abstract: "This book combines health education theory, research, and practice to guide researchers, students, educators, community health workers, and practitioners in the prevention of childhood obesity and the promotion of child and adolescent health and well-being. It examines controversy in childhood obesity, including the link with poverty and the difficulty of addressing obesity whilst also addressing the issue of eating disorders. The prevalence of childhood obesity is covered, with international chapters examining the importance of factors such as social class and ethnic differences, and global and local trends are identified. Approaches to prevention are presented, and the book concludes with the successful outcome of various interventions, demonstrating how the whole community can collaborate to promote health among young people." -- from back cover.
Contents: 22. Asian adolescents in New Zealand: a health promotion approach -- 23. The role of health professionals -- Sect 4 Interventions 24. Striving to prevent obesity and other weight-related problems in adolescent girls: the New Moves approach -- 25. Whole schools and health promoting school approaches to obesity prevention: government policy directions in Australia between 2000 and 2010 -- 26. Interventions targeting childhood obesity involving parents -- 27. Promoting optimal weights in Aboriginal children in Canada through ecological research -- 28. Environmental and policy interventions to prevent obesity in children -- 29. Individual and environmental interventions to prevent obesity in African American children and adolescents -- 30. Targeted approaches by culturally appropriate programmes -- 31. Weight-related teasing and anti-teasing initiatives in schools -- 32. Physical activity programmes in high schools -- 33. Effective school meal interventions: lessons learned from Eat Well Do Well in Hull, England -- 34. Obesity prevention interventions for early childhood: an updated systematic review of the literature -- 35. Problems and possible solutions for interventions among children and adolescents