Epidemiology of Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Prevalence and Etiology

by Luis A. Moreno

Book Overview

Despite adults' best preventive efforts, childhood obesity is on the rise in most areas of the world, and with it the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and other formerly adult-onset conditions. Epidemiology of Obesity in Children and Adolescents takes the global ecological approach that is needed to understand the scope of the problem and its multiple causes and mechanisms, and to aid in developing more effective...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493950770
• ISBN13: 9781493950775
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 10.0"