Preventing Childhood Obesity : Health in the Balance Hardback
by Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth
Edited by Vivica A. Kraak, Catharyn T. Liverman, Jeffrey P. Koplan
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Children's health has made tremendous strides over the past century.
In general, life expectancy has increased by more than thirty years since 1900 and much of this improvement is due to the reduction of infant and early childhood mortality.
Given this trajectory toward a healthier childhood, we begin the 21st-century with a shocking development?an epidemic of obesity in children and youth.
The increased number of obese children throughout the U.S. during the past 25 years has led policymakers to rank it as one of the most critical public health threats of the 21st-century. Preventing Childhood Obesity provides a broad-based examination of the nature, extent, and consequences of obesity in U.S. children and youth, including the social, environmental, medical, and dietary factors responsible for its increased prevalence.
The book also offers a prevention-oriented action plan that identifies the most promising array of short-term and longer-term interventions, as well as recommendations for the roles and responsibilities of numerous stakeholders in various sectors of society to reduce its future occurrence.
Preventing Childhood Obesity explores the underlying causes of this serious health problem and the actions needed to initiate, support, and sustain the societal and lifestyle changes that can reverse the trend among our children and youth. Table of ContentsFront MatterExecutive Summary1 Introduction2 Extent and Consequences of Childhood Obesity3 Developing An Action Plan4 A National Public Health Priority5 Industry, Advertising, Media, and Public Education6 Local Communities7 Schools8 Home9 Confronting the Childhood Obesity EpidemicAppendix A: AcronymsAppendix B: GlossaryAppendix C: Literature ReviewAppendix D: Lessons Learned from Public Health Efforts and TheirRelevance to Preventing Childhood ObesityAppendix E: Workshop ProgramsAppendix F: Biographical SketchesIndex
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- Publication Date:03/03/2005
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:434 pages
- Publisher:National Academies Press
- Publication Date:03/03/2005
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- ISBN:9780309091961