Early childhood obesity prevention policies / Committee on Obesity Prevention Policies for Young Children ; Leann L. Birch, Lynn Parker, and Annina Burns, editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Reviews factors related to overweight and obese children from birth to age 5, with a focus on nutrition, physical activity, and sedentary behavior, and recommends policies that can alter children's environments so that they promote the maintenance of healthy weight. Because the first years of l...

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Corporate Authors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Obesity Prevention Policies for Young Children, Institute of Medicine (U.S.)
Other Authors: Birch, Leann L., Burns, Annina Catherine, Parker, Lynn
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2011.
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