Childhood obesity in America : biography of an epidemic
Record details
- ISBN: 9780674281448 (hbk)
- ISBN: 0674281446 (hbk)
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Physical Description:
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viii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-294) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Measurement and diagnosis. How big is normal ? : Quantifying children's body size ; Measuring up : Height-weight standards and diagnosis ; Sugar, spice, frogs, snails : The composition of the fat child ; Insides made easy : Measuring and diagnosing obesity using body composition -- Causes and treatments. Something wrong inside : Childhood obesity as a biological fault, and the hope for a drug treatment ; The enduring promise : The continued search for a pharmaceutical remedy ; Feeling fat : Emotions and family as factors in childhood obesity ; Kalorie Kids : Energy balance and the turn to child responsibility ; Summer slimming : Fat camps as a diet-and-exercise obesity treatment -- Epidemic. Bigger bodies in a broken world : Television and the epidemic of childhood obesity ; Fat kids go to court : Legal action as public health response to childhood obesity. |
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Subject: | Obesity in children United States Overweight children United States Nutrition policy United States Health promotion United States Planning |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | RJ 399 .C6 D39 2014 | 30775305482003 | General Collection | Available | - |