Elizabeth Poskitt, Laurel Edmunds

Management of Childhood Obesity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides guidance to all healthcare professionals on helping overweight children and their families.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9780521609777
• ISBN-10: 0521609771
• Artikelnr.: 23526497

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Poskitt has over forty years' experience practising and teaching paediatric nutrition. She has managed clinics for obese children and co-founded the European Childhood Obesity Group. She was awarded the OBE in 1998.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword David W. Haslam
Preface
Acknowledgements
Glossary
1. Introduction
2. How fat is fat? Measuring and defining overweight and obesity
3. Where should overweight/obese children be managed?
4. How do we approach the overweight/obese child and family?
5. The clinical assessment: what are the special points?
6. What complications should we look for now and later?
7. How does psychology influence management?
8. Management: what do we mean by lifestyle changes?
9. How can we reduce energy intakes?
10. How can we increase energy expenditures?
11. What else can be done?
12. How can we sustain healthy weight management?
13. What can we do to prevent childhood overweight and obesity?
References
Index.