Childhood Obesity provides an up-to-date account of the increase of obesity in children, its causes, and its prevention.

Features:

• Covers the development of multi-level modeling as a powerful statistical technique that could be used to determine risk factors in early life and childhood
• Explores the role of biological and social processes in the etiology of childhood obesity
• Examines children's attitudes towards food and self esteem, and how it changes during adolescents
• Discusses the link between advertising and children's food choices, knowledge, preferences, behavior, and diet/health status

Contents

Assesing the Scope and Impact of Childhood Obesity

• Childhood Obesity: Assessment and Prevalence
• Global Perspectives on Adolescent Obesity
• A Brief Review of the Health Consequences of Childhood Obesity
• Social and Self-Perception of Obese Children and Adolescents
• Self-Perceptions and Physical Activity Behavior of Obese Young People
• What's It Like Being the Parent of an Overweight Child

The Role of Biological and Social Processes in the Aetiology of Childhood Obesity

• The Value of Birth Cohorts in the Study of Childhood Obesity
• Biobehavioral Determinants of Energy Intake and Childhood Obesity
• Childhood Obesity, Physical Activity, and the Environment
• Interactions Among Physical Activity, Food Choice, and Appetite Control: Health Messages in Physical Activity and Diet
• Perinatal Influences on Childhood Obesity Risk
• Childhood Predictors of BMI Trajectories

The Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Obesity

• Childhood Obesity in the Community: Treatment, Prevention, and Monitoring of Childhood Obesity in Leeds
• Obesity Prevention in Childhood and Adolescence: A Review of Systematic Reviews
• The Barriers to, and the Facilitators of, Healthy Eating Among Children: Findings from a Systematic Review
• Does Food Promotion Influence Children's Diet? A Review of the Evidence

Index

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