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Preventing Childhood Obesity: Evidence Policy and Practice
Elizabeth Waters
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Description for Preventing Childhood Obesity: Evidence Policy and Practice
Paperback. Written by authors from the Cochrane Collaboration and WHO sponsored symposium on obesity, this book provides evidence-based reviews of what is and what is not effective in preventing overweight and obesity and reducing the incidence and prevalence. Editor(s): Waters, Elizabeth; Seidell, Jacob; Swinburn, Boyd; Uauy, Ricardo. Series: Evidence-Based Medicine. Num Pages: 322 pages, il., map. BIC Classification: MBN; MJW; MMZF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 190 x 16. Weight in Grams: 764.
Obesity is one of the biggest public health challenges in the 21st century. Devising effective policy and practice to combat childhood obesity is a high priority for many governments and health professionals internationally. This book brings together contributors from around the world and showcases the latest evidence-based research on community and policy interventions to prevent unhealthy weight gain and improve the health and well-being of children. The authors highlight from the evidence available what is and what is not effective and provide recommendations on how to implement and evaluate promising interventions for obesity prevention.
This book is an essential read for all public health practitioners, early childhood professionals, health care providers and clinicians working to reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity in their communities.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
Series
Evidence-Based Medicine
Number of Pages
322
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405158893
SKU
V9781405158893
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Elizabeth Waters
Elizabeth Waters, MPH, DPhil Jack Brockhoff Chair of Child Public Health, McCaughey Centre, Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Boyd A. Swinburn MBChB, MD, FRACP Professor of Population Health, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences and Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia Jacob C. Seidell, PhD Professor of Nutrition and Health; Director, Institute of Health Sciences, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University and VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Ricardo Uauy PhD MD Professor, Nutrition and Public Health Intervention, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK and Institute of Nutrition, INTA - University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Reviews for Preventing Childhood Obesity: Evidence Policy and Practice
“Until researchers respond, however, this book confirms that valuable lessons from other sectors can be interpreted, adapted, and applied in childhood obesity prevention and intervention programs.” (Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 5 November 2012) "By the end of the book, the reader will understand the real threat facing the world in fighting this disease." (Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, December 2010) "Preventing Childhood Obesity will be invaluable in stimulatingpolicy development, as well as thedesign of new experimental strategiesto curb the childhood obesity epidemic." (The Lancet, June 2010)