Childhood obesity
Subtitle: contemporary issues
By: [edited] by Noël Cameron, Nicholas G. Norgan, and George T.H. Ellison.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis/CRC Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boca Raton, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Description: "Focusing less on clinical issues and more on environmental factors, this book brings together social, psychological, biological, and socio-biological approaches to the experience and problem of obesity. Delineating the scope and impact of childhood obesity, the book provides a unique view of the obese child. It examines the link between food intake and physical activity, which are the immediate determinants of energy balance, and discusses how to measure and assess them." "The World Health Organization describes obesity as one of today's most blatantly visible - yet most neglected - public health problems. This book highlights obesity in children and discusses the need to develop multifactorial and multi-agency strategic plans to contain this epidemic."--Jacket.