Fed up! : winning the war against childhood obesity / Susan Okie, M.D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Okie, Susan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obesity in children--United States.

Obesity in children.

Obesity in children--United States--Prevention.

Children.

Obesity--epidemiology.

Child.

Obesity--prevention & control.

United States--epidemiology.

Medical Subjects:

Obesity--epidemiology.

Child.

Obesity--prevention & control.

United States--epidemiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Joseph Henry Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Once dismissed by the medical profession as a purely cosmetic problem, obesity now ranks second only to smoking as a wholly preventable cause of death. Indeed, it's implicated in 300,000 deaths each year and is a major contributor to heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and depression. Even conservative estimates show that 15% of all children are now considered to be overweight--worldwide there are 22 million kids under five years old that are defined as fat. Supersized portions, unhealthy diets, and too little physical activity certainly contribute to what's making kids "fat." But that's not the whole story. Researchers are at a loss to explain why obesity rates have risen so suddenly and so steeply in the closing decades of the 20th century. But head out to the beaches, playgrounds, and amusement parks, and it's obvious that overweight children are more numerous and conspicuous. We see it in our neighborhoods and we read it in the headlines. Our national--indeed the world--is in crisis. But knowledge is power and it's time to arm ourselves in the battle to win the war on obesity. Fed up! is just what the doctor ordered. Based in part on the Institute of Medicine's ground-breaking report on childhood obesity, this new book from family physician and journalist Susan Okie provides in-depth background on the issue; shares heart-rending but instructive case studies that illustrate just how serious and widespread the problem is; and gives honest, authoritative, science-based advice that constitute our best weapons in this critical battle.

Contents:

The fattest generation

Obese twins and thrifty genes

Size, health, and self-esteem

Teaching children how to eat for life

Off the couch and away from the screen

Programming babies for health, before and after birth

Eating lessons at school

Finding help for an overweight child

Action for healthy communities.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Okie, Susan. Fed up!.

ISBN:

9786610173785

9780309141338

0309141338

9781280173783

1280173785

9780309545624

0309545625

OCLC:

70726481