Our overweight children : what parents, schools, and communities can do to control the fatness epidemic /
The United States is facing a health crisis of epidemic proportions: children are gaining weight younger and faster than ever before. With the prospect of becoming the most obese generation of adults in history, they are already turning up with an alarming assortment of "grown-up" maladies...
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| פורמט: | Licensed eBooks |
| שפה: | אנגלית |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2004.
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| סדרה: | California studies in food and culture ;
13. |
| גישה מקוונת: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pnh7t |
| סיכום: | The United States is facing a health crisis of epidemic proportions: children are gaining weight younger and faster than ever before. With the prospect of becoming the most obese generation of adults in history, they are already turning up with an alarming assortment of "grown-up" maladies, from type 2 diabetes to high blood pressure. This book takes a clear-eyed look at what's behind the statistics and diagnoses, and what can be done about the major health crisis among American children. Sharron Dalton begins with the basics: what obesity is, what causes it, and why it matters. Integrating in |
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| תיאור פיזי: | 1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrations |
| ביבליוגרפיה: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520939257 0520939255 0520225740 9780520225749 0520901770 9780520901773 1597347892 9781597347891 1282358235 9781282358232 1417540745 9781417540747 9786612358234 6612358238 0520246667 9780520246669 |