Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance

Institute of Medicine; Board on Health Promotion and Disease Pr; Food and Nutrition Board

ISBN 10: 0309091969 / ISBN 13: 9780309091961

Published by National Academies Press, 2005

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Synopsis:

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 developmenta "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.

About the Author: Jeffrey P. Koplan, Catharyn T. Liverman, and Vivica A. Kraak, Editors, Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth

Bibliographic Details

Title: Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the ...
Publisher: National Academies Press
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket