Title Child and adolescent obesity : causes and consequences, prevention and management / edited by Walter Burniat [and others].

Publication Info.	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2002]
	©2002

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Description	1 online resource (xx, 416 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note	Print version record.
Contents	Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; REFERENCES; Preface; 1 Measurement and definition; 2 Epidemiology; 3 Molecular and biological factors with emphasis on adipose tissue development; 4 Nutrition; 5 Physical activity; 6 Psychosocial factors; 7 Clinical features, adverse effects and outcome; 8 The obese adolescent; 9 Prader-Willi and other syndromes; 10 Hormonal and metabolic changes; 11 Risk of cardiovascular complications; 12 Prevention; 13 Home-based management; 14 Dietary management; 15 Management through activity; 16 Psychotherapy; 17 Drug therapy.
Summary	Aimed at doctors, and all health-care professionals, this book addresses the ever-increasing problem of obesity in children and adolescents, the long-term health and social problems that arise from this, and approaches to prevention and management.
Subject	Obesity in children.
	Obesity in adolescence.
	Children -- Nutrition.
	Teenagers -- Nutrition.
	Reducing diets.
	Obesity.
	Adolescent.
	Child Nutrition.
	Child.
	Hyperphagia.
	Physical Fitness.
	MEDICAL -- Pediatrics.
	HEALTH & FITNESS -- Children's Health.
	Children -- Nutrition. (OCoLC)fst00855080
	Obesity in adolescence. (OCoLC)fst01042766
	Obesity in children. (OCoLC)fst01042770
	Reducing diets. (OCoLC)fst01092289
	Teenagers -- Nutrition. (OCoLC)fst01145628
	Vetzucht.
	Kinder- en jeugdpsychiatrie.
	Kinderen.
	Adolescenten.
	Zwaarlijvigheid.
	Obesidade.
	Crianças.
	Adolescentes.
	Nutrição.
	Obésité.
	Adolescent.
	Enfant.
	Nutrition.
	Activité physique.
	Régime amaigrissant.
Added Author	Burniat, Walter, 1949-
Other Form:	Print version: Child and adolescent obesity. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2002 0521652375 (DLC) 2001043920 (OCoLC)48055447
ISBN	0511066406 (electronic bk.)
	9780511066405 (electronic bk.)
	9780511060090 (electronic bk.)
	0511060092 (electronic bk.)
	0511068530 (electronic bk. ;) (Adobe Reader)
	9780511068539 (electronic bk. ;) (Adobe Reader)
	9780511544675 (electronic bk.)
	0511544677 (electronic bk.)

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