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Childhood Obesity: Prevalence, Pathophysiology, and Management

Childhood Obesity: Prevalence, Pathophysiology, and Management

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Health GeneralMedical Reference

ISBN10: 1774633124
ISBN13: 9781774633120
Publisher: Apple Academic Pr
Published: Mar 31 2021
Pages: 386
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has increased worldwide in recent decades. Obesity in childhood is associated with a wide range of serious health complications and an increased risk of premature illness and death later in life. This book presents childhood obesity trends across multiple demographics and discusses the contributing genetic and environmental factors. It demonstrates the adverse health consequences of childhood obesity both as they relate to childhood and as they last into adulthood and presents multiple methods for obesity treatment included community and family-based intervention, pharmacotherapy, and surgical procedures.

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