Handbook of pediatric obesity
Subtitle: clinical management
By: edited by Melinda Sothern, Stewart T. Gordon, T. Kristian von Almen.
Contributors: Sothern, Melinda.; Gordon, Stewart T.; Von Almen, T. Kristian.
Publisher: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
Subjects: Obesity in children -- Treatment -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Obesity -- therapy -- Child.; Obesity -- diet therapy -- Child.
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Description: The Handbook of Pediatric Obesity: Clinical Management provides a clinically relevant survey of available approaches for the treatment of pediatric obesity. This reference offers important information and tools necessary to develop programs for overweight children in clinical settings. It covers clinical management strategies, medical aspects of treatment, psychosocial, behavioral, nutritional, and physical considerations, and evaluation methods. It also discusses various methods of weight management including diet, behavioral counseling, exercise, internet-based treatment, pharmacology, and surgery.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.