Early childhood obesity prevention policies [electronic resource] / Leann L. Birch, Lynn Parker, and Annina Burns, editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Institute of Medicine (U.S.); Birch, Leann L.; Burns, Annina Catherine.; Parker, Lynn.; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Obesity Prevention Policies for Young Children.
2011
RJ399.C6 I57 2011eb
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Title Early childhood obesity prevention policies [electronic resource] / Leann L. Birch, Lynn Parker, and Annina Burns, editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Corporate Author Institute of Medicine (U.S.)
ISBN 0309210240 (pbk.)
9780309210249
Imprint Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2011.
Language English
Description xii, 190 p. : ill. (some col.)
Call Number RJ399.C6 I57 2011eb
Summary 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 life are important to health and well-being throughout the life span, preventing obesity in infants and young children can contribute to reversing the epidemic of obesity in children and adults. The report recommends that health care providers make parents aware of their child's excess weight early on. It also suggests that parents and child care providers keep children active throughout the day, provide them with healthy diets, limit screen time, and ensure children get adequate sleep.
Note "Early childhood obesity prevention policies."
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Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Burns, Annina Catherine.
Parker, Lynn.
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Introduction
Assessing risk for obesity in young children
Physical activity
Healthy eating
Marketing and screen time
Sleep
Methods
Emerging issues in early childhood obesity prevention.

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