Global perspectives on childhood obesity current status, consequences and prevention

Understanding the complex factors contributing to the growing childhood obesity epidemic is vital not only for the improved health of the world's future generations, but for the healthcare system. The impact of childhood obesity reaches beyond the individual family and into the public arenas of...

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Otros Autores: Bagchi, Debasis, 1954- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press/Elsevier 2011.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:Understanding the complex factors contributing to the growing childhood obesity epidemic is vital not only for the improved health of the world's future generations, but for the healthcare system. The impact of childhood obesity reaches beyond the individual family and into the public arenas of social systems and government policy and programs. Global Perspectives on Childhood Obesity explores these with an approach that considers the current state of childhood obesity around the world as well as future projections, the most highly cited factors contributing to childhood obesity, what it means.
Descripción Física:xi, 521 p. : il
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
ISBN:9780080961729
9780123749956