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Preventing childhood obesity: health in the balance

·2005·Choice Reviews Online

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The increasing number of obese children and youth throughout the U.S. has led policymakers to rank obesity as a critical health threat. This report provides a broad-based examination of the nature, extent, and consequences of obesity in the nation, including the social, environmental, medical, and dietary factors responsible. It also offers a prevention-oriented action plan that identifies the most promising short-term and longer-term interventions, as well as recommendations for the roles and responsibilities of industry, advertising, the media, schools, parents, and health care professionals in obesity prevention.

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Venue
Choice Reviews Online
Published
2005-09-01
Volume
43
Issue
01
Pages
43-0351-43-0351
ISSN
  • 0009-4978 (ISSN-L)
  • 1523-8253
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582
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Type
book review
Language
en
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