Child and adolescent obesity causes and consequences, prevention and management

This book addresses the ever increasing problem of obesity in children and adolescents, the long-term health and social problems that arise from this, and approaches to prevention and management. Aimed at doctors, and all health-care professionals, it will be of interest to all those concerned with...

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Weitere Verfasser: Burniat, Walter 1949- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2002
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • PART I: CAUSES: Measurement and definition / Tim J. Cole and Marie Francoise Rolland-Cachera
  • Epidemiology / Michele Guillaume and Inge Lissau
  • Molecular and biological factors with emphasis on adipose tissue development / Martin Wabitsch
  • Nutrition / Marie Francoise Rolland-Cachera and France Bellisle
  • Physical activity / Yves Schutz and Claudio Maffeis
  • Psychosocial factors / Andrew J. Hill and Inge Lissau
  • PART II: CONSEQUENCES: Clinical features, adverse effects and outcome / Karl F.M. Zwiauer, Margherita Caroli, Ewa Malecka-Tendera and Elizabeth M.E. Poskitt
  • The obese adolescent / Marie-Laure Frelut and Carl-Erik Flodmark
  • Prader--Willi and other syndromes / Giuseppe Chiumello and Elizabeth M.E. Poskitt
  • Hormonal and metabolic changes / Ewa Malecka-Tendera and Denes Molnar
  • Risk of cardiovascular complications / David S. Freedman, Sathanur R. Srinivasan and Gerald S. Berenson
  • PART III: PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT: Prevention / Inge Lissau, Walter Burniat, Elizabeth M.E. Poskitt and Tim J. Cole
  • Home-based management / Elizabeth M.E. Poskitt
  • Dietary management / Margherita Caroli and Walter Burniat
  • Management through activity / Jana Parizkova, Claudio Maffeis and Elizabeth M.E. Poskitt
  • Psychotherapy / Carl-Erik Flodmark and Inge Lassau
  • Drug therapy / Denes Molnar and Eva Malecka-Tendera
  • Surgical treatment / Alessandro Salvatoni
  • Interdisciplinary outpatient management / Beatrice Bauer and Claudio Maffeis
  • Interdisciplinary residential treatment / Marie-Laure Frelut
  • The future / W. Philip T. James