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Laura Stewart - Early Years Nutrition and Healthy Weight - 9781118792445 - V9781118792445
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Early Years Nutrition and Healthy Weight

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Description for Early Years Nutrition and Healthy Weight Paperback. Early Years Nutrition and Healthy Weight focuses on the early years of childhood as a key period in which eating and exercise habits are formed. Combining current evidence with practical advice, an international group of health specialists advise on the avoidance and management of childhood obesity. Editor(s): Stewart, Laura; Thompson, Joyce. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: MBNH3; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 12. Weight in Grams: 212.

Early Years Nutrition and Healthy Weight focuses on the early years of childhood as a key period in which eating and exercise habits are formed. Combining current evidence with practical advice, an international group of health specialists advise on the avoidance and management of childhood obesity. They look at key risk areas such as early sedentary behaviour, parental influences and underlying medical causes, and also investigate practical interventions including advice during pregnancy, parenting strategies, and prevention during pre-school and the early school years.

This practical handbook contains vital information and advice for all nutritionists and dietitians working with young children ... Read more

Key features:

  • Only practitioner handbook dedicated to the early years of childhood as the key to ensuring healthy weight in later life
  • Covers pregnancy through to pre-school and early school years interventions
  • Also addresses the social and psychological issues that underpin nutritional problems
  • International group of expert authors consider the issue across the developed world
  • Case studies in each chapter illustrate the application of theory to practice
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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118792445
SKU
V9781118792445
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Laura Stewart
Dr Laura Stewart is the Tayside Weight Management Pathway Manager, at NHS Tayside, Scotland UK where she specialises in childhood weight management. Joyce Thompson is a Dietetic Consultant in Public Health Nutrition, at NHS Tayside, Scotland, UK where she addresses nutrition across the lifecourse. 

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