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Global perspectives on childhood obesity : current status, consequences and prevention /
Understanding the complex factors contributing to the growing childhood obesity epidemic is vital not only for the improved health of the world's future generations, but for the healthcare system. The impact of childhood obesity reaches beyond the individual family and into the public arenas of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Academic Press/Elsevier,
2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Understanding the complex factors contributing to the growing childhood obesity epidemic is vital not only for the improved health of the world's future generations, but for the healthcare system. The impact of childhood obesity reaches beyond the individual family and into the public arenas of social systems and government policy and programs. Global Perspectives on Childhood Obesity explores these with an approach that considers the current state of childhood obesity around the world as well as future projections, the most highly cited factors contributing to childhood obesity, what it means. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 521 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 008096172X 9780080961729 9780123749956 0123749956 |