Our overweight children : what parents, schools, and communities can do to control the fatness epide...
Our overweight children : what parents, schools, and communities can do to control the fatness epide...
Our overweight children : what parents, schools, and communities can do to control the fatness epidemic / Sharron Dalton.
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Berkeley., California : University of California Press, c2004.
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N618.92398/5
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English
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292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Our Overweight Kids -- How We Meet a Growing Epidemic -- 1. Coming to Terms -- 2. Gauging Obesity's Toll -- Why Kids Are Getting Fatter -- 3. Family Matters -- 4. At Home -- 5. Beyond the Home -- How We Can Fight the Epidemic -- 6. Nurturing Healthy and Active Lifestyles -- 7. Reaching...
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Berkeley., California : University of California Press, c2004.
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California
Date Published
c2004.
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Summary
"The United States is facing a health crisis of epidemic proportions: children are gaining weight more rapidly and at younger ages than ever before. Poised to become the most obese generation of adults in history, today's children are turning up at doctor's offices with an alarming assortment of "grown-up" maladies, from type 2 diabetes to high blo...
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Our overweight children : what parents, schools, and communities can do to control the fatness epidemic / Sharron Dalton.
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California studies in food and culture ; 13.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references, p. 243-272.
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c2004.
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N618.92398/5
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0520225740 :
9780520225749 (hbk. :alk. paper)
0520225740 (hbk. :alk. paper)
9780520225749 (alk. paper)
0520225740 (alk. paper)
9780520225749 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520225740 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520225749 :
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618.92398
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991017826529702626
