Description
Childhood Obesity
Prevalence, Pathophysiology, and Management
Coordinator: Ahima Rexford S.
Language: English
Subjects for Childhood Obesity:
Keywords
Childhood Obesity; Adult BMI; Genetic and Environmental Factors; Nonobese Children; Adverse Health Consequences; Bone Mass; Genetic and Environmental Contributions; Adiponectin; Childhood Obesity and Sleep Apnea; Vice Versa; Prevention and Treatment; SEM; Bone Traits; Cardiorespiratory Fi Tness; Endothelial Dysfunction; Endothelial Function; Paternal BMI; Elevated BMI; Genetic Score; EHR Data; Environmental Infl Uences; Opposite Sex Twins; Body Mass Index Standard Deviation Score; Parental BMI; Hosmer Lemeshow Test; EPC; Lean Mass; BMI Determination; Low BMI; Attrition Weights
Publication date: 03-2021
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 12-2013
Support: Print on demand
Description
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This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.
The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has increased worldwide in recent decades. Obesity in childhood is associated with a wide range of serious health complications and an increased risk of premature illness and death later in life. This book presents childhood obesity trends across multiple demographics and discusses the contributing genetic and environmental factors. It demonstrates the adverse health consequences of childhood obesity both as they relate to childhood and as they last into adulthood and presents multiple methods for obesity treatment included community and family-based intervention, pharmacotherapy, and surgical procedures.
Introduction. Genetic and Environmental Factors. Adverse Health Consequences. Prevention and Treatment. Index.
