Handbook of obesity prevention : a resource for health professionals /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Springer,
[2007]
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Table of Contents:
- Why obesity prevention?
- What is obesity? Definitions matter
- Descriptive epidemiology of obesity in the United States
- Costs of obesity
- Obesity prevention concepts and frameworks
- Consumer perspectives and consumer action
- The role of government in preventing obesity
- Planning and the built environment
- The food industry role in obesity prevention
- Media, marketing and advertising and obesity
- Global context of obesity
- Organizational change for obesity prevention-perspectives, possibilities and potential pitfalls
- Community-based approaches to obesity prevention: the role of environmental and policy change
- Health care system approaches to obesity
- Workplace approaches to obesity prevention
- Obesity prevention in school and group child care settings
- Individual behavior change
- Obesity risk factors and prevention in early life: pre-gestation through infancy
- Obesity prevention during preschool and elementary school-age years
- Obesity prevention during preadolescence and adolescence
- Obesity prevention during adulthood
- Obesity prevention: charting a course to a healthier future.