Childhood obesity [electronic resource] / M. N. Jimerson.
Series: Gale eBooks | Diseases and disorders seriesPublication details: Detroit, Mich. : Lucent Books, c2009.Description: 1 online resource (112 p.) : illISBN:- 9781420501797 (electronic book)
- 618.92/398
- RJ399.C6 J56 2009
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword: "the most difficult puzzles ever devised" -- Introduction: a preventable public health problem -- What is childhood obesity? -- Increased health risks of childhood obesity -- What causes childhood obesity? -- Treatment -- Living with childhood obesity -- Looking to the future.
Explores the issue of childhood obesity covering its causes, health risks, prevention and treatment.
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