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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Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Dalton, Sharron
Format: Licensed eBooks
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Schriftenreihe:California studies in food and culture ; 13.
Online-Zugang:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pnh7t
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Coming to terms
  • Gauging obesity's toll
  • Family matters
  • At home
  • Beyond the home
  • Nurturing healthy and active lifestyles
  • Reaching and keeping a healthy weight
  • Slowing the vicious cycle of fat discrimination
  • Mobilizing to help our overweight children.