| Description |
xv, 429 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
22. Asian adolescents in New Zealand: a health promotion approach -- 23. The role of health professionals -- Sect 4 Interventions 24. Striving to prevent obesity and other weight-related problems in adolescent girls: the New Moves approach -- 25. Whole schools and health promoting school approaches to obesity prevention: government policy directions in Australia between 2000 and 2010 -- 26. Interventions targeting childhood obesity involving parents -- 27. Promoting optimal weights in Aboriginal children in Canada through ecological research -- 28. Environmental and policy interventions to prevent obesity in children -- 29. Individual and environmental interventions to prevent obesity in African American children and adolescents -- 30. Targeted approaches by culturally appropriate programmes -- 31. Weight-related teasing and anti-teasing initiatives in schools -- 32. Physical activity programmes in high schools -- 33. Effective school meal interventions: lessons learned from Eat Well Do Well in Hull, England -- 34. Obesity prevention interventions for early childhood: an updated systematic review of the literature -- 35. Problems and possible solutions for interventions among children and adolescents. |
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Sect 1 Controversial issues in childhood obesity prevention 1. High body mass index, overweight, and obesity in children: definitions, terminology, and interpretation -- 2. Stigma and BMI screening in schools, or "Mom, I hate it when they weigh me" -- 3. Developing positive approaches to nutrition education and the prevention of child and adolescent obesity: first, do no harm -- 4. Low family income and the overweight status of Canadian adolescents -- 5. Issues of teacher training in the prevention of eating disorders and childhood obesity in schools -- Sect 2 Prevalence and factors associated with childhood obesity 6. Childhood overweight and obesity in developed countries: global trends and correlates -- 7. A review of prevalence and trends in childhood obesity in the United States -- 8. Overweight, obesity, gender, age, ethnicity, and school SES among Australian schoolchildren in studies from 2000 and 2006 -- 9. Secular trends in childhood obesity and associated risk factors in China from 1982 to 2006 -- 10. Trends in Hong Kong and Macao and other Chinese communities -- 11. Overweight, obesity, and associated factors among Vietnamese and Southeast Asian children and adolescents -- 12. Secular children in overweight and obesity among Brazilian adolescents from 1974/75 to 2002/03 -- 13. Trends in obesity and hypertension in South African youth -- 14. Childhood obesity: recent trends in Sweden including socioeconomic differences -- 15. Childhood obesity in the Middle Eastern countries with special reference to Iran -- 16. Trends in Israel -- Sect 3 Approaches to prevention 17. Childhood obesity: treatment or prevention? -- 18. Relevant health education and health promotion theory for childhood obesity prevention -- 19. The application of public health lessons to childhood obesity prevention -- 20. Towards a children's food and nutrition policy -- 21. Prevention and management of obesity in children and adolescents: the Singapore experience. |
| Summary |
"This book combines health education theory, research, and practice to guide researchers, students, educators, community health workers, and practitioners in the prevention of childhood obesity and the promotion of child and adolescent health and well-being. It examines controversy in childhood obesity, including the link with poverty and the difficulty of addressing obesity whilst also addressing the issue of eating disorders. The prevalence of childhood obesity is covered, with international chapters examining the importance of factors such as social class and ethnic differences, and global and local trends are identified. Approaches to prevention are presented, and the book concludes with the successful outcome of various interventions, demonstrating how the whole community can collaborate to promote health among young people."--Back cover. |
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Obesity in children -- Prevention.
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Obesity -- prevention & control.
(DNLM)D009765Q000517
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Socioeconomic Factors. (DNLM)D012959
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Child. (DNLM)D002648
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Adolescent. (DNLM)D000293
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Obesity in children -- Prevention.
(OCoLC)fst01042771
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| Genre/Form |
Book
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| Added Author |
O'Dea, Jennifer A.
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Eriksen, Michael P.
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| ISBN |
9780199572915 (alk. paper) |
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0199572917 (alk. paper) |
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