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Early years nutrition and healthy weight / edited by Dr Laura Stewart, Joyce Thompson ; contributors, Louise A. Baur [and fourteen others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children--Nutrition.
- Children.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (130 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, England : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.
- Summary:
- Early Years Nutrition and Healthy Weight focuses on theearly years of childhood as a key period in which eating andexercise habits are formed. Combining current evidence withpractical advice, an international group of health specialistsadvise on the avoidance and management of childhood obesity. Theylook at key risk areas such as early sedentary behaviour, parentalinfluences and underlying medical causes, and also investigatepractical interventions including advice during pregnancy,parenting strategies, and prevention during pre-school and theearly school years.This practical handbook contain
- Contents:
- Importance of good health and nutrition pre and during pregnancy / Dr. Catherine R. Hankey
- Nutrition and health in the early years / Judy More
- Defining and measuring childhood obesity / Prof. Charlotte M. Wright
- Early life risk factors for childhood obesity / Prof. John J Reilly, Dr. Adrienne R Hughes
- Early physical activity and sedentary behaviours / Prof. Anthony D. Okely, Dr. Xanne Janssen
- Talking about weight with families / Dr. Paul Chadwick, Dr. Helen Croker
- Parenting strategies for healthy weight in childhood / Prof. Clare Collins, Dr. Tracy Burrows, Kerith Duncansony
- Pre-school interventions (prevention) / Prof. Pinki Sahota
- Contribution of food provision in primary schools to the prevention of childhood obesity / Dr. Ethan A. Bergman
- Early clinical interventions and outcomes / Prof. Louise A Baur.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781118792759
- 1118792750
- 9781119023258
- 1119023254
- 9781118792766
- 1118792769
- OCLC:
- 890793108
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