Incluye referencias bibliográficas

Obesity and childhood / Krista R. Casazza & Lynae J. Hanks -- Conceptualization and predictive environmental factors for childhood obesity / Sandra Verbeken, Ellen Moens, Lien Goossens & Caroline Braet -- Genetic contributors to pediatric obesity : beyond more iterations of BMI / Lynae J. Hanks, Anna L. Newton, Danielle Lorch, Pranayraj Kondapally & Krista R. Casazza -- Parenting and management of pediatric obesity / Moria Golan -- Role as a public health concern: need for prevention across the lifecycle / Mary Jo Messito -- Dietary intake and childhood obesity / Abigail E. Duffine & Stella L. Volpe -- Psychosocial stresses in pediatric obesity : what comes into the room with an obese child and their parents? / Gerri Minshall & Shirley Alexander -- Ask the experts : differences in interventions : special considerations for sex, stage of development and ethnicity / Krista R. Casazza and Lynae J. Hanks -- Multiple choice questions : answers

In this eight-chapter book, international experts review the current understanding of prediction, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of childhood obesity