Children, Obesity and Exercise: Prevention, Treatment and Management of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity (Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415408849 ISBN 13: 9780415408844

Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Andrew P. Hills, Neil A. King, Nuala M. Byrne

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415408849
• ISBN 13: 9780415408844
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184
• Editor: Hills Andrew P., Bailey Professor Richard, ICSSPE, King Neil A., Byrne Nuala M.