Title Overweight and obesity in America's children : causes, consequences, solutions / special editor of this volume, Amy B. Jordan

Published Los Angeles : Sage Publications, [2008] ©2008

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Description 243 pages : illustrations Series Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 0002-7162 ; v. 615 Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science ; v. 615 Contents Childhood overweight and the relationship between parent behaviors, parenting style, and family functioning / Kyung Rhee -- Children's healthy weight and the school environment / Laura C. Leviton -- Childhood overweight and the built environment : making technology part of the solution rather than part of the problem / Amy Hillier -- Childhood obesity prevention : successful community-based efforts / Laure DeMattia, Shannon Lee Denney -- The Effects of food marketing on children's preference : testing the moderating roles of age and gender / Ariel Chernin -- Children, television viewing, and weight status : summary and recommendations from an expert panel meeting / Amy B. Jordan, Thomas N. Robinson -- Calories for sale : food marketing to children in the Twenty-first Century / Susan Linn, Courtney L. Novosat -- First Amendment implications of restricting food and beverage marketing in schools / Samantha K. Graff -- Assessing the feasibility and impact of federal childhood obesity policies / Victoria L. Brescoll, Rogan Kersh, Kelly D. Brownell -- Generation O : addressing childhood overweight before it's too late / Laura M. Segal, Emily A. Gadola -- Mobilizing to defeat the childhood obesity epidemic / Tom Harkin -- Confronting childhood obesity / Sam Brownback -- What can we do to control childhood obersity? / William H. Dietz, Thomas N. Robinson -- Quick read synopsis : Overweight and obesity in America's children : causes, consequences, solutions Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Subject Obesity in children -- United States. Overweight children -- United States. Obesity -- etiology. Overweight -- etiology. Child. Health Policy. Obesity -- prevention & control. Overweight -- prevention & control. SUBJECT United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 Author Jordan, Amy B. (Amy Beth) American Academy of Political and Social Science. ISBN 9781412964050 cloth alkaline paper 1412964059 cloth alkaline paper 9781412964043 paper alkaline paper 1412964040 paper alkaline paper 141296685X 9781412966849

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