The Childhood Obesity Epidemic

Preventing Childhood Obesity: Evidence Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3-14

  Lobstein, Tim ^a,b   Baur, Louise A ^c,d   Jackson Leach, Rachel ^a  

^a Director of Policy and Programmes   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

"life course", "multi sector", multi strategy, "whole of society" and obesity prevention approaches; Asia and Pacific obesity prevalence among pre school children; Bogalusa Heart Study atherosclerotic changes in blood vessels of children; Child obesity evaluation and excess body weight in children; Childhood obesity epidemic; Childhood obesity epidemic epidemiology; Childhood obesity epidemic epidemiology clues on determinants; Measuring obesity prevalence and child adiposity demographics; National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) and international (IOTF) criteria for overweight and obesity; North Africa, Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East and childhood obesity levels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857113408     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318517.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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