| Description |
x, 187 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Insulin resistance syndrome including obesity, premature pubarche and polycystic ovary syndrome / Rosimere de Jesus Teixeira and Yasmin Simão -- Childhood obesity: new evidence of myocardial functional abnormalities in overweight children / Sudhir K. Mehta and Adel Younoszai -- Childhood obesity: association with blood pressure and physical activity in 8 to 14-year-old Asian Indian children and adolescents / Arnab Ghosh -- Measuring pediatric obesity / Meizi He -- Impact of intrauterine tobacco exposure and daily meal frequency / Simon Rückinger and André M. Toschke -- The role of infant feeding in overweight of young children / Wendy H. Oddy ... [et al.] -- Children's eating in the absence of hunger: the role of restrictive feeding practices / Dara R. Musher-Eizenman and Shayla C. Holub -- Effectiveness of school-based environmental vs. individual approaches to diet, physical activity and sedentary behavior change among youth / D. Thompson ... [et al.] |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Obesity in children.
|
|
Obesity in adolescence.
|
|
Obesity -- etiology.
|
|
Adolescent.
|
|
Child.
|
|
Obesity -- complications.
|
|
Obesity -- prevention & control.
|
| Author |
Flamenbaum, Richard K.
|
| LC no. |
2006003809 |
| ISBN |
1600210368 |
|
