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Management of Childhood Obesity.
Provides guidance to all healthcare professionals on helping overweight children and their families.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Provides guidance to all healthcare professionals on helping overweight children and their families. |
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| Notas: | Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 How fat is fat? Measuring and defining overweight and obesity; 3 Where should overweight/obese children be managed?; 4 How do we approach the overweight/obese child and family?; 5 The clinical assessment: what are the special points?; 6 What complications should we look for now and later?; 7 How does psychology influence management?; 8 Management: what do we mean by lifestyle changes?; 9 How can we reduce energy intake?; 10 How can we increase energy expenditure? 11 What else can be done?12 How can we sustain healthy weight management?; 13 What can we do to prevent childhood overweight and obesity?; References; Index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (234 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-206) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511386534 0511386532 9780521609777 0521609771 9780511382871 0511382871 |