@article{471193,
      recid = {471193},
      author = {Warren, Jacob C. and Smalley, K. Bryant.},
      title = {Always the fat kid : the truth about the enduring effects  of childhood obesity /},
      pages = {xii, 242 pages :},
      abstract = {This book is a wake-up call about the long-term effects of  childhood obesity. Childhood obesity in the United States  has tripled in a generation. But while debates continue  over the content of school lunches and the dangers of fast  food, we are just beginning to recognize the full extent of  the long-term physical, psychological, and social problems  that overweight children will endure throughout their  lives. Most dramatically, children today have a shorter  life expectancy than their parents, something never before  seen in the course of human history. They will face more  chronic illnesses such as heart disease and diabetes that  will further burden our healthcare system. Here, authors  Jacob Warren and K. Bryant Smalley examine the full effects  of childhood obesity and offer the provocative message that  being overweight in youth is not a disease but the result  of poor lifestyle choices. Theirs is a clarion call for  parents to have 'the talk' with their kids, which medical  professionals say is a harder topic to address than sex or  drugs. Urgent, timely, and authoritative, this book  delivers a message our society can no longer ignore.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/471193},
}