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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
H Dele Davies; Hiram E Fitzgerald; Vasiliki Mousouli |
| ISBN: | 9780275996154 0275996158 9780275996178 0275996174 9780275996192 0275996190 |
| OCLC Number: | 145554966 |
| Description: | 2 v. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | v. 1. Medical, biological, and social issues / H. Dele Davies, volume editor -- Series foreword -- Foreword / Kimberlydawn Wisdom -- Foreword : Special commentary on childhood obesity / Sheila Gahagan -- pt. 1. Overview of obesity -- 1. Epidemiology of childhood obesity / Ihumoa Eneli and H. Dele Davies -- 2. Causes of childhood obesity / George A. Bray -- pt. 2. Contextual influences -- 3. Social inequalities in childhood obesity / Sharon Z. Simonton -- 4. Built environments : planning cities to encourage physical activity in children and adolescents / Igor Vojnovic, Shannon Marie Smith, Zeenat Kotval, and Jieun Lee -- 5. The simple act of walking to school : a historical overview of contemporary issues affecting childhood obesity, school placement, and active transport / Joanne M. Westphal and Sheetal Patil -- pt. 3. The media and public perception -- 6. You are what you consume : the role of media in obesity / Teresa Mastin, Shelly Campo, and Natoshia M. Askelson -- 7. Public opinion and obesity : a different look at a modern-day epidemic / Toby A. Ten Eyck -- pt. 4. Nutrition and outcomes -- 8. Nutrition and obesity / Sharon L. Hoerr, Megumi Murashima, and Debra R. Keast -- 9. Medical and psychological complications of obesity / Monica Martin Goble -- pt. 5. Understanding obesity through imaging -- 10. The neuroimaging of obesity / Laura L. Symonds and Nakia S. Gordon -- About the editors and contributors -- Index -- v. 2. Understanding development and prevention / Hiram E. Fitzgerald and Vasiliki Mousouli, volume editors -- Series foreword -- Foreword / Kimberlydawn Wisdom -- Foreword : Special commentary on childhood obesity / Sheila Gahagan -- Preface -- pt. 1. Social and behavioral development -- 1. Risk factors for obesity in early human development / John Worobey -- 2. The role of physical activity in obesity prevention / James M. Pivarnik -- 3. Childhood overweight and academic achievement / Sara Gable, Jennifer L. Krull, and Arathi Srikanta -- 4. Adiposity and internalizing problems : infancy to middle childhood / Robert H. Bradley, Renate Houts, Phillip R. Nader, Marion O'Brien, Jay Belsky, and Robert Crosnoe -- 5. Food marketing goes online : a content analysis of web sites for children / Elizabeth S. Moore -- 6. Families and obesity : a family process approach to obesity in adolescents / Matthew P. Thorpe and Randal D. Day -- pt. 2. Individual differences and ethnic variation -- 7. Responding to the epidemic of American Indian and Alaska Native childhood obesity / Paul Spicer and Kelly Moore -- 8. Obesity in African Americans and Latino Americans / Helen D. Pratt, Manmohan Kamboj, and Robin Joesph -- pt. 3. Prevention and intervention -- 9. Managing the overweight child / Ihuoma Eneili and Karah Daniels Mantinan -- 10. Parents as the primary target for healthy eating among young children / Mildred A. Horodynski, Kami J. Silk, and Michelle Henry -- 11. Surgical treatment of obesity / Jeff M. Gauvin -- 12. Ethical considerations related to obesity intervention / Leonard M. Fleck and Karen A. Petersmarck -- About the editors and contributors -- Index. |
| Series Title: | Child psychology and mental health; Praeger perspectives |
| Responsibility: | H. Dele Davies and Hiram E. Fitzgerald, set editors ; forewords by Kimberlydawn Wisdom and Sheila Gahagan. |
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