Childhood Obesity: From Basic Knowledge to Effective Prevention brings together field experts, taking a multifactorial approach to understand the scope and various causes of the issue and offer the latest in treatment and prevention strategies and resources. Beginning with basic concepts and definitions, chapters progress to cover worldwide prevalence and trends, genetic and epigenetic origins, metabolic programming, and neuroendocrine control of appetite and satiety. Further, this book examines social determinants and lifestyle behaviors contributing to risk factors as well as complications associated with childhood obesity. Final chapters discuss multidisciplinary treatment, strategies for prevention, and current worldwide policies aimed to address obesity in children. This fundamental reference is a vital resource for both researchers and practicing clinicians in pediatric medicine.
1. Childhood Obesity - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. xi 7. Preface - p. xv 8. Chapter 1 Concept and definition: Body composition assessment - p. 1 9. Chapter 2 Worldwide levels and trends in childhood obesity - p. 21 10. Chapter 3 Genetic and epigenetic origins of childhood obesity - p. 41 11. Chapter 4 Metabolic programming and early origins of childhood obesity - p. 89 12. Chapter 5 Childhood appetite control and obesity: A complex interplay between neuroendocrine and environmental factors - p. 117 13. Chapter 6 Social determinants and obesogenic environment - p. 157 14. Chapter 7 Dietary patterns and childhood obesity - p. 189 15. Chapter 8 Physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and sleep as childhood obesity risk factors - p. 209 16. Chapter 9 Health complications of obesity during childhood and beyond - p. 223 17. Chapter 10 Multidisciplinary treatment of childhood obesity - p. 245 18. Chapter 11 New strategies for the prevention of childhood obesity - p. 259 19. Chapter 12 Worldwide institutional policies to end with childhood obesity - p. 281 20. Index - p. 309
Childhood Obesity: From Basic Knowledge to Effective Prevention brings together field experts, taking a multifactorial approach to understand the scope and various causes of the issue and offer the latest in treatment and prevention strategies and resources. Beginning with basic concepts and definitions, chapters progress to cover worldwide prevalence and trends, genetic and epigenetic origins, metabolic programming, and neuroendocrine control of appetite and satiety. Further, this book examines social determinants and lifestyle behaviors contributing to risk factors as well as complications associated with childhood obesity. Final chapters discuss multidisciplinary treatment, strategies for prevention, and current worldwide policies aimed to address obesity in children. This fundamental reference is a vital resource for both researchers and practicing clinicians in pediatric medicine.
1. Childhood Obesity - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. xi 7. Preface - p. xv 8. Chapter 1 Concept and definition: Body composition assessment - p. 1 9. Chapter 2 Worldwide levels and trends in childhood obesity - p. 21 10. Chapter 3 Genetic and epigenetic origins of childhood obesity - p. 41 11. Chapter 4 Metabolic programming and early origins of childhood obesity - p. 89 12. Chapter 5 Childhood appetite control and obesity: A complex interplay between neuroendocrine and environmental factors - p. 117 13. Chapter 6 Social determinants and obesogenic environment - p. 157 14. Chapter 7 Dietary patterns and childhood obesity - p. 189 15. Chapter 8 Physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and sleep as childhood obesity risk factors - p. 209 16. Chapter 9 Health complications of obesity during childhood and beyond - p. 223 17. Chapter 10 Multidisciplinary treatment of childhood obesity - p. 245 18. Chapter 11 New strategies for the prevention of childhood obesity - p. 259 19. Chapter 12 Worldwide institutional policies to end with childhood obesity - p. 281 20. Index - p. 309
