Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence

by William H. Dietz

This volume reviews recent findings on the physiological, genetic, environmental and behavioural factors that predispose children and adolescents to obesity and explores clinical and public health strategies for treatment and prevention. Written by an international group of experts, the book provides a global perspective on the epidemic of childhood obesity and includes studies of children and adolescents in both industrialized and developing countries...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0442280203
• ISBN13: 9780781741323
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Length: 296 Pages