Childhood Obesity: Prevention and Treatment, 2d ed.RJ399 2004-057047 0-8493-2253-7 Childhood obesity childhood obesity Public health Overweight in a child, an average BMI of ≥ 85% for age and sex; ≥ 95% for age and sex is very obese. See Body-mass index, Obesity. Cf Adult obesity. ; prevention and treatment, 2d ed. Parizkova, Jana and Andrew P. Hills Andrew Putnam Hill (1853-1922) was an early Californian painter and photographer best known for successfully leading an effort in 1901 to save a forest of large redwoods in Big Basin, California. . CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Checking) An error checking technique used to ensure the accuracy of transmitting digital data. The transmitted messages are divided into predetermined lengths which, used as dividends, are divided by a fixed divisor. Press, [c]2005 522 p. $99.95 This volume summarizes a wide breadth of topics related to the condition, including geography, history, physical characteristics, psychosocial psychosocial /psy·cho·so·cial/ (si?ko-so´shul) pertaining to or involving both psychic and social aspects. psy·cho·so·cial adj. Involving aspects of both social and psychological behavior. aspects, and treatments. The authors, Parizkova (Institute for Endocrinology, Prague) and Hills (human movement studies, Queensland University, Australia) focus on recent findings in epidemiology. These involve the notion that prevention should be promoted through appropriate nutrition and activity as a response to an energy imbalance. In this second edition, more attention is given to new research on obesity in the third world and the developmental aspects of the condition. |
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