| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 22, 2014). |
| Contents |
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents : a systematic review / Maria del Mar Bibiloni, Antoni Pons, and Joseph A. Tur -- Television viewing and food choice patterns in a sample of predominantly ethnic minority youth / Daheia J. Barr-Anderson, Williams J. McCarthy, Michelle Yore, Kajuandra A. Harris, and Antronette (Toni) K. Yancey -- Later bedtime is associated with greater daily energy intake and screen time in obese adolescents independent of sleep duration / Kristi B. Adamo, Shanna Wilson, Kevin Belanger, and Jean Philippe Chaput -- Infrequent breakfast consumption is associated with higher body adiposity and abdominal obesity in Malaysian school-aged adolescents / Abdullah Nurul-Fadhilah, Pey Sze Teo, Inge Huybrechts, and Leng Huat Foo -- Relationship of milk intake and physical activity to abdominal obesity among adolescents / S. Abreu, R. Santos, C. Moreira, P.C. Santos, S. Vale, L. Soares-Miranda, R. Autran, J. Mota, and P. Moreira -- The effect of "sleep high and train low" on weight loss in overweight Chinese adolescents : study protocol for a randomized controlled trial / Ru Wang, Dongmei Liu, Xuequiang Wang, Weihua Xiao, Nana Wu, Binghong Gao, and Peijie Chen -- Waist-to-height ratio and cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescence : findings from a prospective birth cohort / L. Graves, S.P. Garnett, C.T. Cowell, L.A. Baur, A. Ness, N. Sattar, and D.A. Lawlor -- Neurobehavioral correlates in older children and adolescents with obesity and obstructive sleep apnea / Evan Tan, Dione Healey, Elizabeth Schaughency, Patrick Dawes, and Barbara Galland -- Weight status and weight-management behaviors among Philadelphia High School students, 2007-2011 / Clare M. Lenhart, Katherine W. Bauer, and Freda Patterson -- Fitness, fatness, and academic performance in seventh-grade elementary school students / Luís B. Sardinha, Adilson Marques, Sandra Martins, António Palmeira, and Cláudia Minderico -- Physical fitness, overweight and the risk of eating disorders in adolescents. The AVENA and AFINOS studies / A.M. Veses, D. Martínez-Gómez, S. Gómez-Martínez, G. Vicente-Rodriguez, R. Castillo, F.B. Ortega, M. González-Gross, M.E. Calle, O.L. Veiga, A. Marcos, for the AVENA and AFINOS study groups -- Adolescent obesity, joint pain, and hypermobility / Sharon Bout-Tabaku, Sarah B. Klieger, Brian H. Wrotniak, David D. Sherry, Babette S. Zemel, and Nicolas Stettler -- FTO, obesity and the adolescent brain / Melkaye G. Melka, Jesse Gillis, Manon Bernard, Michal Abrahamowicz, M. Mallar Chakravarty, Gabriel T. Leonard, Michel Perron, Louis Richer, Patricia Conrod, Herta Flor, Andreas Heinz, Hugh Garavan, Rüdiger Brühl, Karl Mann, Eric Artiges, Anbarasu Lourdusamy, Mark Lathrop, Eva Loth, Yannick Schwartz, Vincent Frouin, Marcella Rietschel, Michael N. Smolka, Andreas Ströhl, Jürgen Gallinat, Maren Struve, Eva Lattka, Melanie Waldenberger, Gunter Schumann, Paul Pavlidis, Daniel Gaudet, Tomás̆ Paus, and Zdenka Pausova. |
| Summary |
The research contained in this valuable compendium offers a much-needed perspective on one of the most dangerous health crises our world faces today: obesity. Obesity has become an epidemic, a fact frequently discussed in the media, with many references to both childhood and adult obesity. These discussions, however, overlook an important demographic: the adolescent who is obese or overweight. The authors offer critical insights into the forces and factors that result in the numerous metabolic and psychological consequences of adolescent obesity. The book delves into the prevalence, causes and. |
| Subject |
Obesity in adolescence.
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Obesity in adolescence -- Etiology.
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MEDICAL / Gynecology & Obstetrics
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| Added Author |
Vash, Peter, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Vash, Peter D. Complexity of Adolescent Obesity : Causes, Correlates, and Consequence. Hoboken : Apple Academic Press, ©2015 9781771880978 |
| ISBN |
9781498717007 electronic bk. |
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1498717004 electronic bk. |
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