 | Children, Obesity and Exercise: Prevention, Treatment and Management of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity Subjects: Education; Health and Social Care; Medicine Dentistry Nursing & Allied Health; Sports and Leisure; Allied Health; Primary/ Elementary Education; Secondary Education; Health Conditions; Medicine; Sport and Exercise Science; Sports Development; Physical Education; Sports Medicine and Therapy; Obesity; Pediatrics & Child Health; Physical Activity and Health; Sports Policy; Primary Physical Education; Secondary Physical Education; Youth Sport; Exercise Therapy; Health Promotion; By Subject; By Subject; Throughout the developed world there is an increasing prevalence of childhood obesity.nbsp;Because ofnbsp;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.nbsp;nbsp; 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.nbsp;nbsp;It covers: overweight, obesity and body composition;nbsp;nbsp; physical activity, growth and development;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; psycho-social aspects of childhood obesity;nbsp;nbsp; physical activity behaviours;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; eating behaviours;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; measuring children's behaviour;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; interventions for prevention and management of childhood obesity.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Children, Obesity and Exercise addresses the need for authoritative advice and innovative approaches to the prevention and management of this chronic problem.nbsp; |
