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.
- Provides a comprehensive approach to childhood obesity
- Presents a multi-omics description of the early origins of childhood obesity
- Includes innovative strategies to treat and prevent obesity in children
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Elsevier Science & Techn.
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978-0-443-21974-0 (9780443219740)
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1. Concept and definition. Body composition assessment2. Worldwide prevalence and trends3. Genetic and epigenetic origins of childhood obesity4. Metabolic programming and early origins of childhood obesity5. Neuroendocrine control of appetite and satiety6. Social determinants and obesogenic environment7. Dietary patterns and childhood obesity8. Physical activity, sedentary behaviours, and sleep as childhood obesity risk factors9. Health complications of obesity during childhood and beyond10. Multidisciplinary treatment of childhood obesity11: New strategies for the prevention of childhood obesity12. Worldwide Institutional policies to end with childhood obesity
