| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 537 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Understanding complex systems |
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Understanding complex systems.
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| Contents |
Why obesity prevention? -- What is obesity? Definitions matter -- Descriptive epidemiology of obesity in the United States -- Costs of obesity -- Obesity prevention concepts and frameworks -- Consumer perspectives and consumer action -- The role of government in preventing obesity -- Planning and the built environment -- The food industry role in obesity prevention -- Media, marketing and advertising and obesity -- Global context of obesity -- Organizational change for obesity prevention-perspectives, possibilities and potential pitfalls -- Community-based approaches to obesity prevention: the role of environmental and policy change -- Health care system approaches to obesity -- Workplace approaches to obesity prevention -- Obesity prevention in school and group child care settings -- Individual behavior change -- Obesity risk factors and prevention in early life: pre-gestation through infancy -- Obesity prevention during preschool and elementary school-age years -- Obesity prevention during preadolescence and adolescence -- Obesity prevention during adulthood -- Obesity prevention: charting a course to a healthier future |
| Summary |
Analyzes the causes of Obesity, and sets out multilevel strategies for meeting it head-on. This handbook provides insights on issues, methods, and controversies in the field, focusing on opportunities for prevention, interventions and initiatives, and guidelines for planning and implementing programs and evaluating results |
| Analysis |
geneeskunde |
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medicine |
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volksgezondheid |
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public health |
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ziektepreventie |
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disease prevention |
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Medicine (General) |
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Geneeskunde (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| In |
Springer e-books |
| Subject |
Obesity -- Prevention
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Obesity.
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Obesity -- prevention & control
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Obesity
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MEDICAL -- Bariatrics.
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Obesity -- prevention & control.
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Obesity -- Prevention.
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Physique.
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Obesity
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Obesity -- Prevention
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Hersenen.
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Connectives.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kumanyika, Shiriki Kinika, 1945-
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Brownson, Ross C.
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| LC no. |
2007926434 |
| ISBN |
9780387478609 |
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0387478604 |
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9780387478593 |
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0387478590 |
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