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Featuring contributions from leading experts, this book investigates the problem of childhood obesity at the social, behavioral, environmental, metabolic, and genetic levels. The text covers various topics related to the epidemiology of childhood obesity, including biological aspects and ethnic differences. It discusses the etiology of childhood obesity, particularly how it relates to the regulation of body weight and energy balance during growth and development. In addition, the text explores behavioral and environmental aspects of obesity, such as food presentation and the built environment theory. It also addresses challenges in preventing and treating the problem of childhood obesity.

Obesity --- Pediatrics --- Obesity in adolescence --- Obesity in children --- Overweight children --- Obésité chez l'adolescent --- Obésité chez l'enfant --- Enfants obèses --- Obésité --- Handbooks [Publication Type] --- Handbooks, manuals, etc. --- Prevention --- Nutrition --- Etiology --- Pathophysiology --- Guides, manuels, etc. --- Alimentation --- Etiologie --- Physiopathologie --- Obésité chez l'adolescent --- Obésité chez l'enfant --- Enfants obèses --- Obésité --- Handbooks [Publication Type]. --- Pediatrics.

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Throughout the developed world there is an increasing prevalence of childhood obesity. Because of this increase, and awareness of the risks to long term health that childhood obesity presents, the phenomena is now described by many as a global epidemic. Children, Obesity and Exercise provides sport, exercise and medicine students and professionals with an accessible and practical guide to understanding and managing childhood and adolescent obesity. It covers : overweight, obesity and body composition ; physical activity, growth and development ; psycho-social aspects of childhood obesity ; physical activity behaviours ; eating behaviours ; measuring children’s behaviour ; interventions for prevention and management of childhood obesity. Children, Obesity and Exercise addresses the need for authoritative advice and innovative approaches to the prevention and management of this chronic problem.

Obésité chez l'enfant --- Obesity in adolescence. (LCSH) --- Obesity in children --- Obesity in adolescence --- Obesity --- Adolescent --- Child --- Exercise --- Exercise therapy (LCSH) --- 572.511 --- 612.6 --- 615.874 --- 613.2 --- 61:796 --- 613.9 --- Posture. Corpulence. Steatopygia --- Reproduction. Growth. Development --- Dieet en matigheid als therapie --- Voedingsleer. Dieet --- Sportgeneeskunde --- Health and hygiene in relation to race, age, sex --- 613.9 Health and hygiene in relation to race, age, sex --- 61:796 Sportgeneeskunde --- 572.511 Posture. Corpulence. Steatopygia --- Childhood obesity --- Corpulence in children --- Metabolic disorders in children --- Nutrition disorders in children --- Adolescent obesity --- Nutrition disorders in adolescence --- Exercise therapy --- Obesity in adolescence (LCSH) --- Obésité --- Enfant --- Poids --- Sport --- Exercice musculaire --- Activité extra-scolaire --- Santé physique --- Education pour la santé --- Intervention --- Prévention --- Alimentation --- Représentation sociale --- Motivation --- contrôle --- développement --- Obesity in children. --- Obesity in adolescence. --- Enfants obèses. --- Adolescents obèses. --- Thérapeutique par l'exercice