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This book offers a comprehensive overview on lifestyle habits
related to development of risk factors of chronic diseases. It
provides a summary of the impacts of various modifiable factors
that influence long-term health status. The accumulation of
unhealthy lifestyle habits shows that over the life course,
increasing the number, duration, and severity of unhealthy
behaviors would increase the risk of disease development. This
contributed volume highlights the fact that establishing a healthy
lifestyle is easier and more effective than focusing on lifestyle
change
This book offers a comprehensive overview on lifestyle habits
related to development of risk factors of chronic diseases. It
provides a summary of the impacts of various modifiable factors
that influence long-term health status. The accumulation of
unhealthy lifestyle habits shows that over the life course,
increasing the number, duration, and severity of unhealthy
behaviors would increase the risk of disease development. This
contributed volume highlights the fact that establishing a healthy
lifestyle is easier and more effective than focusing on lifestyle
change
Childhood obesity has several early-onset adverse effects on all
body organs and the metabolism. Moreover, as obesity tracks from
childhood to adulthood, it can be an underlying factor for the
development of chronic non-communicable diseases, which are the
worldwide leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Such chronic
diseases can result from lifelong accumulation of some risk
factors, including obesity. Therefore, sustained interventions are
necessary to tackle the onset or progression of childhood obesity.
Childhood obesity is no more limited to high-income countries; it
has a rapid growing trend in low and middle-come countries. In
addition to genetic background, environmental disruptor chemicals
and their epigenetic effects are of important underlying factors
for the escalating trend of childhood obesity and the
trans-generational aspects of obesity. It is noteworthy to consider
the early life determinants of childhood obesity, including
prenatal, perinatal and post-natal factors, are usually
preventable. Dietary habits are formed in the first years of life;
therefore it is of crucial importance to establish healthy habits
from early life. Food industry, food environment, and social media
are important factors influencing the food choices for families and
their children. On the other hand, parents are the most important
role models for lifestyle habits of their children. In addition to
preventative measures, it is important to know how to manage excess
weight in growing children, who need enough macro- and
micronutrients for their growth, but need to have controlled food
intake. Various family-based and school-based interventions are
suggested in this regard. In addition to energy intake, it is
essential to increase the energy expenditure by regular exercise.
Most healthcare providers are not aware of appropriate physical
activity for weight control in the pediatric age group. Sometimes
the process of weight gain is not correctly prevented or controlled
in children and adolescents, and they would suffer from morbid
obesity necessitating surgical treatment. Limited evidence-based
information is available about these aspects of childhood obesity.
This book is written with collaboration of international experts
with different scientific backgrounds, who contributed in gathering
the updates and findings from their experience on how to deal with
the complex factors related to childhood obesity. The main focus of
this book is on providing updated information on all
above-mentioned aspects related to childhood obesity. It is
expected that researchers, health care providers, physicians,
health decision makers, and families would find this book as a
beneficial tool for implementing widespread measures for prevention
and control of childhood obesity.
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