Epidemiology of Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Prevalence and Etiology

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Springer Science+Business Media (2011)
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In the book s first half, experts present a descriptive summary of youth obesity trends in ten world regions, broken down by age group, gender, socioeconomic status, and risk factors.

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Childhood obesity: prevalence worldwide-synthesis part I.Wolfgang Ahrens, Luis A. Moreno & Iris Pigeot
Epidemiology of Obesity in Children in South America.Cecilia Albala & Camila Corvalan
Prevalence and Etiology: Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Countries.Hafez Elzein & Sima Hamadeh
Epidemiology of Obesity in Children and Adolescents in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Region.Kylie Hesketh, Karen Campbell & Rachael Taylor
Socio-Economic Status and Obesity in Childhood.Fiona Johnson, Michelle Pratt & Jane Wardle
Eating Behavior and Weight in Children.Clare Llewellyn, Susan Carnell & Jane Wardle
Childhood obesity in the WHO European Region.Yannis Manios & Vassiliki Costarelli
Childhood Obesity: Etiology-Synthesis Part II.Luis A. Moreno, Iris Pigeot & Wolfgang Ahrens
Social Epidemiology of Nutritional Burden Among Children and Adolescents in India.Jessica M. Perkins & S. V. Subramanian
Consumer behavior in childhood obesity research and policy.Lucia A. Reisch, Wencke Gwozdz & Suzanne Beckmann
Genetic Factors.Paola Russo, Fabio Lauria & Alfonso Siani
Psychosocial aspects of childhood obesity.Amy E. Sgrenci & Myles S. Faith
Ethics and public policy.Dita Wickins-Drazilova & Garrath Williams
Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Japan.Masao Yoshinaga, Tomoko Ichiki & Yoshiya Ito

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