书目名称 | Epidemiology of Obesity in Children and Adolescents | 副标题 | Prevalence and Etiol | 编辑 | Luis A. Moreno,Iris Pigeot,Wolfgang Ahrens | 视频video | | 概述 | An authoritative look at global childhood and adolescent obesity Split into two parts: this book provides an overview of the obesity epidemic and in-depth insight into its causes Key experts, leaders | 丛书名称 | Springer Series on Epidemiology and Public Health | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | Despite adults’ best preventive efforts, childhood obesity is on the rise in most areas of the world, and with it the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and other formerly adult-onset conditions. Epidemiology of Obesity in Children and Adolescents takes the global ecological approach that is needed to understand the scope of the problem and its multiple causes and mechanisms, and to aid in developing more effective prevention and intervention programs. 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. Complementing these findings, part two reviews the evidence base regarding the variables, separately and in combination, having the most significant impact on young people’s development of obesity, including:• Genetic and nutrigenomic factors.• Environmental and psychosocial factors, such as family shopping and eating habits and access to healthful foods.• Neuroendocrine regulation.• Prenatal and neonatal factors (e.g., gestational diabetes of the mother).• Dietary factors, from nutrient content to young people’s food p | 出版日期 | Book 2011 | 关键词 | childhood obesity; global health; pediatric obesity; pediatric overweight | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6039-9 | isbn_softcover | 978-1-4939-5077-5 | isbn_ebook | 978-1-4419-6039-9Series ISSN 1869-7933 Series E-ISSN 1869-7941 | issn_series | 1869-7933 | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 |
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