The complexity of adolescent obesity : causes, correlates, and consequences / / edited by Peter D. Vash, MD, MPH

• Pubblicazione: Waretown, NJ : , : Apple Academic Press, Inc., , [2015]; ©2015
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (342 p.)
• Disciplina: 618.92/398
• Soggetto topico: Obesity in adolescence; Obesity in adolescence - Etiology
• Persona (resp. second.): VashPeter
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; About The Editor; Contents; Acknowledgment Andhow To Cite; List Of Contributors; Introduction; Part 1 The Prevalence Of Adolescent Obesity; Chapter 1 Prevalence Of Overweight And Obesity In Adolescents: A Systematic Review; Part 2 Causes And Correlations; Chapter 2 Television Viewing And Food Choice Patterns In A Sample Of Predominantly Ethnic Minority Youth; Chapter 3 Later Bedtime Is Associated With Greater Daily Energy Intake And Screen Time In Obese Adolescents Independent Of Sleep Duration ; Chapter 4 Infrequent Breakfast Consumption Is Associated With Higher Body Adiposity And Abdominal Obesity In Malaysian School- Aged AdolescentsChapter 5 Relationship Of Milk Intake And Physical Activity To Abdominal Obesity Among Adolescents; Chapter 6 The Effect Of "" Sleep High And Train Low"" On Weight Loss In Overweight Chinese Adolescents: Study Protocol For A Randomized Controlled Trial; Chapter 7 Waist- To- Height Ratio And Cardiometabolic Risk Factors In Adolescence: Findings From A Prospective Birth Cohort ; Chapter 8 Neurobehavioural Correlates In Older Children And Adolescents With Obesity And Obstructive Sleep ApneaPart 3 Implications And Consequences; Chapter 9 Weight Status And Weight-management Behaviors Among Philadelphia High School Students, 2007- 2011; Chapter 10 Fitness, Fatness, And Academic Performance In Seventh- Grade Elementary School Students; Chapter 11 Physical Fitness, Overweight, And The Risk Of Eating Disorders In Adolescents: The Avena And Afinos Studies; Chapter 12 Adolescent Obesity, Joint Pain, And Hypermobility; Chapter 13 Obesity, And The Adolescent Brain ; Part 4 Considerations For Future ActionChapter 14 Changes In Adolescents' Intake Of Sugar- Sweetened Beverages And Sedentary Behavior: Results At 8 Month Mid- Way Assessment Of The Heia Study- A Comprehensive, Multi- Component School-based Randomized Trial; Chapter 15 Averting Obesity And Type 2 Diabetes In India Through Sugar- Sweetened Beverage Taxation: An Economic-epidemiologic Modeling Study; Chapter 16 Big Food, Food Systems, And Global Health; Author Notes; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: The research contained in this valuable compendium offers a much-needed perspective on one of the most dangerous health crises our world faces today: obesity. Obesity has become an epidemic, a fact frequently discussed in the media, with many references to both childhood and adult obesity. These discussions, however, overlook an important demographic: the adolescent who is obese or overweight. The authors offer critical insights into the forces and factors that result in the numerous metabolic and psychological consequences of adolescent obesity.The book delves into the prevalence, causes and
• Titolo autorizzato: The complexity of adolescent obesity
• ISBN: 1-77463-373-6; 0-429-17263-X; 1-4987-1700-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910800168303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II