Childhood Obesity Prevalence, Pathophysiology, and Management [Hardcover]

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has increased worldwide in recent decades. Obesity in childhood is associated with a wide range of serious health complications and an increased risk of premature illness and death later in life. This book presents childhood obesity trends across multiple demographics and discusses the contributing genetic and environmental factors. It demonstrates the adverse health consequences of childhood obesity both as they relate to childhood and as they last into adulthood and presents multiple methods for obesity treatment included community and family-based intervention, pharmacotherapy, and surgical procedures.

Introduction

Genetic and Environmental Factors
Genetics of Childhood Obesity, Jianhua Zhao and Struan F. A. Grant
Genetic and Environmental Contributions, Lise Dubois, Kirsten Ohm Kyvik, Manon Girard, Fabiola Tatone-Tokuda, Daniel P?russe, Jacob Hjelmborg, Axel Skytthe, Finn Rasmussen, Margaret J. Wright, Paul Lichtenstein, and Nicholas G. Martin
Newborn Risk for Child Obesity, Anita Morandi, David Meyre, St?phane Lobbens, Ken Kleinman, Marika Kaakinen, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Vincent Vatin, Stefan Gaget, Anneli Pouta, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Jaana Laitinen, Aimo Ruokonen, Shikta Das, Anokhi Ali Khan, Paul Elliott, Claudio Maffeis, Matthew W. Gillman, Marjo-Riitta J?rvelin, and Philippe Froguel
Beverage Consumption in Children, Victor L. Fulgoni and Erin E. Quann
Relationship between Physical Activity and Weight, Annette Rauner, Filip Mess, and Alexander Woll
Childhood and Family Influences on BMI, Andrea Gonzalez, Michael H Boyle, Katholiki Georgiades, Laura Duncan, Leslie R. Atkinson, and Harriet L. MacMillan

Adverse Health Consequences
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