Childhood Obesity Prevention Overview

Preventing Childhood Obesity: Evidence Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 22-30

  Uauy, Ricardo ^a,b   Caleyachetty, Rishi ^c   Swinburn, Boyd ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity prevention an overview; Childhood obesity prevention and intervention opportunities life course approach; Children and food marketing and food marketing impact on children; Exclusive breastfeeding practice promotion and support; Food marketing and children children and a healthier environment; Health promotion efforts in preschool settings accessibility for young families; Hierarchy of childhood obesity determinants and basic societal determinants; Life course approach in obesity prevention; Maternal body mass index (BMI) and low birth weight risk reduction; Obesity prevention, the key players governments, international organizations, private sector and civil society non governmental organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872141187     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318517.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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