04572nam 2200913Ia 450 991095358420332120251017110056.09786611878719978030913340103091334089781281878717128187871597803095316410309531640(CKB)1000000000030394(SSID)ssj0000226788(PQKBManifestationID)11176487(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000226788(PQKBWorkID)10262974(PQKB)10217379(MiAaPQ)EBC3377891(Au-PeEL)EBL3377891(CaPaEBR)ebr10075881(CaONFJC)MIL187871(OCoLC)923274006(Perlego)4740113(DNLM)1233396(BIP)11232962(EXLCZ)99100000000003039420041125d2005 ua 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPreventing childhood obesity health in the balance /Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth, Food and Nutrition Board, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention ; Jeffrey P. Koplan, Catharyn T. Liverman, Vivica I. Kraak, editors1st ed.Washington, DC National Academies Pressc20051 online resource (xix, 414 pages) illustrationsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780309091961 0309091969 Includes bibliographical references and index.Extent and consequences of childhood obesity -- Developing an action plan -- A national public health priority -- Industry, advertising, media, and public education -- Local communities -- Schools -- Home -- Confronting the childhood obesity epidemic.Children's health has made tremendous strides over the past century. In general, life expectancy has increased by more than thirty years since 1900 and much of this improvement is due to the reduction of infant and early childhood mortality. Given this trajectory toward a healthier childhood, we begin the 21st-century with a shocking development "an epidemic of obesity in children and youth. The increased number of obese children throughout the U.S. during the past 25 years has led policymakers to rank it as one of the most critical public health threats of the 21st-century. Preventing Childhood Obesity provides a broad-based examination of the nature, extent, and consequences of obesity in U.S. children and youth, including the social, environmental, medical, and dietary factors responsible for its increased prevalence. The book also offers a prevention-oriented action plan that identifies the most promising array of short-term and longer-term interventions, as well as recommendations for the roles and responsibilities of numerous stakeholders in various sectors of society to reduce its future occurrence. Preventing Childhood Obesity explores the underlying causes of this serious health problem and the actions needed to initiate, support, and sustain the societal and lifestyle changes that can reverse the trend among our children and youth.Obesity in childrenUnited StatesPreventionChild health servicesUnited StatesNutrition policyUnited StatesHealth promotionUnited StatesObesityprevention & controlAdolescentChildHealth PolicyHealth PromotionmethodsSocial EnvironmentUnited StatesObesity in childrenPrevention.Child health servicesNutrition policyHealth promotionObesityprevention & controlAdolescentChildHealth PolicyHealth PromotionmethodsSocial Environment618.92/398Liverman Catharyn T1086332Koplan Jeffrey1807509Kraak Vivica I1805135Institute of Medicine (U.S.).Food and Nutrition Board.Institute of Medicine (U.S.).Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910953584203321Preventing childhood obesity4357279UNINA