Preventing childhood obesity : health in the balance

Institute of Medicine (U.S.) Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth. (Author). Liverman, Catharyn T. (Added Author). Koplan, Jeffrey. (Added Author). Kraak, Vivica I. (Added Author). Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Food and Nutrition Board. (Added Author). Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. (Added Author).

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 0309091969 (hc)
ISBN: 0309531640 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic
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Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Extent and consequences of childhood obesity -- Developing an action plan -- A national public health priority -- Industry, advertising, media, and public education -- Local communities -- Schools -- Home -- Confronting the childhood obesity epidemic.