Description
| Summary: | Provides guidance to all healthcare professionals on helping overweight children and their families.
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| Item Description: | Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 How fat is fat? Measuring and defining overweight and obesity; 3 Where should overweight/obese children be managed?; 4 How do we approach the overweight/obese child and family?; 5 The clinical assessment: what are the special points?; 6 What complications should we look for now and later?; 7 How does psychology influence management?; 8 Management: what do we mean by lifestyle changes?; 9 How can we reduce energy intake?; 10 How can we increase energy expenditure?
11 What else can be done?12 How can we sustain healthy weight management?; 13 What can we do to prevent childhood overweight and obesity?; References; Index. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (234 pages) |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-206) and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9780511386534
0511386532
9780521609777
0521609771
9780511382871
0511382871 |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
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