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Obesity in Youth - Causes, Consequences, and Cures (Hardcover)
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Obesity in Youth - Causes, Consequences, and Cures (Hardcover)
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Rates of obesity in youth have tripled in the past 20 years. Today
it is estimated that over twenty percent of American children and
adolescents are overweight. This emerging epidemic has stimulated a
great deal of new research into the formative influences and the
interpersonal, social and psychological effects of obesity on
children. In this thorough and incisive book, editors Leslie
Heinberg and J. Kevin Thompson have employed an august group of
researchers to describe these trends and to discuss their
implications for the assessment, treatment, and prevention of
obesity in youth. The book opens by acquainting readers with key
genetic influences and dietary patterns, and later chapters on
treatment and prevention are written from medical and public health
perspectives. But contributors focus primarily on psychological
aspects of obesity such as teasing, body image, and co-morbidity
with mental disorders as well as the psychosocial consequences for
children, families and the larger society. This wide-ranging volume
will be of great use for public and mental health professionals, as
well as academics and researchers who seek a fuller understanding
of the fight against childhood obesity.
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