Nutrition, physical activity, and health in early life
By: Jana Pařízková.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781420082319
Subjects: Children -- Nutrition; Child development; Exercise for children -- Health aspects; Preschool children -- Health and hygiene; Child Nutritional Physiology Phenomena; Child Development; Child
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : first steps to optimal health and fitness throughout life; title: Theoretical considerations : what can we learn from the natural and experimental models?; title: Nutrition of pregnant mothers and their children in early life : human studies; title: Growth and somatic development of preschool children; title: Nutritional status and dietary intake in early life; title: Functional development and physical activity during early childhood; title: Influence of varying nutrition and environment on somatic development and physical fitness; title: Development of obesity and its influence on the functional capacity of children and youth; title: Influence of environmental factors; title: Influence of motor stimulation, physical education, and spontaneous physical activity; title: Criteria for the evaluation of morphological and functional development in preschool children : recommendations; title: Summary of experimental results; title: Perspectives : physical activity, early prevention of diseases and development of positive health.