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Child and adolescent obesity : causes and consequences, prevention and management
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Child and adolescent obesity : causes and consequences, prevention and management

Author: Walter Burniat; et al
Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2002.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Walter Burniat; et al
ISBN: 0521652375 9780521652377
OCLC Number: 48055447
Description: xx, 416 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: PART I: CAUSES: Measurement and definition / Tim J. Cole and Marie Francoise Rolland-Cachera -- Epidemiology / Michele Guillaume and Inge Lissau -- Molecular and biological factors with emphasis on adipose tissue development / Martin Wabitsch -- Nutrition / Marie Francoise Rolland-Cachera and France Bellisle -- Physical activity / Yves Schutz and Claudio Maffeis -- Psychosocial factors / Andrew J. Hill and Inge Lissau -- PART II: CONSEQUENCES: Clinical features, adverse effects and outcome / Karl F.M. Zwiauer, Margherita Caroli, Ewa Malecka-Tendera and Elizabeth M.E. Poskitt -- The obese adolescent / Marie-Laure Frelut and Carl-Erik Flodmark -- Prader--Willi and other syndromes / Giuseppe Chiumello and Elizabeth M.E. Poskitt -- Hormonal and metabolic changes / Ewa Malecka-Tendera and Denes Molnar -- Risk of cardiovascular complications / David S. Freedman, Sathanur R. Srinivasan and Gerald S. Berenson -- PART III: PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT: Prevention / Inge Lissau, Walter Burniat, Elizabeth M.E. Poskitt and Tim J. Cole -- Home-based management / Elizabeth M.E. Poskitt -- Dietary management / Margherita Caroli and Walter Burniat -- Management through activity / Jana Parizkova, Claudio Maffeis and Elizabeth M.E. Poskitt -- Psychotherapy / Carl-Erik Flodmark and Inge Lassau -- Drug therapy / Denes Molnar and Eva Malecka-Tendera -- Surgical treatment / Alessandro Salvatoni -- Interdisciplinary outpatient management / Beatrice Bauer and Claudio Maffeis -- Interdisciplinary residential treatment / Marie-Laure Frelut -- The future / W. Philip T. James.
Responsibility: edited by Walter Burniat ... [et al.].
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