Childhood Obesity: Prevention and Treatment (Modern Nutrition) - Hardcover

Childhood Obesity: Prevention and Treatment provides a comprehensive summary of the scientific knowledge available today concerning the control and treatment of obesity in children. Written for researchers in the areas of pediatrics, nutrition, dietetics, exercise, and physical education, this book analyzes scientific data and offers readers insight into the underlying factors, theoretical conclusions, and practical outcomes in treating childhood obesity.
Although obesity is often accompanied with other functional and/or biochemical conditions, these health risks can be prevented and/or treated through the use of natural factors - provided there is a lack of additional pathological complications. Childhood Obesity: Prevention and Treatment outlines the results of reduction treatment using various approaches, including modified and/or hypocaloric diets, and exercise.
Also included in the text are guidelines for an efficient intervention that should begin as early as possible in at-risk children. Offered are specific strategies concerning diet and exercise for various ages and degrees of obesity.

A comprehensive summary is provided in this book, exploring the scientific knowledge concerning the control and treatment of obesity in children. It outlines the results of reduction treatment using various approaches, including modified and/or hypocaloric diets and exercise. It also provides information concerning evaluation, the main problems in treatment, and the role of lifestyle and mass media in the development and prevention of childhood obesity. Also included are guidelines for an efficient intervention that should begin as early as possible and specific strategies concerning diet and exercise for various ages and degrees of obesity.