Preventing childhood obesity [electronic resource] : health in the balance / Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth, Food and Nutrition Board, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention ; Jeffrey P. Koplan, Catharyn T. Liverman, Vivica I. Kraak, editors.
By: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth.
Contributor(s): Liverman, Catharyn T
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Publisher: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2005Description: xix, 414 p.Subject(s): Obesity in children -- United States -- Prevention | Child health services -- United States | Nutrition policy -- United States | Health promotion -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references and index.
Extent and consequences of childhood obesity -- Developing an action plan -- A national public health priority -- Industry, advertising, media, and public education -- Local communities -- Schools -- Home -- Confronting the childhood obesity epidemic.
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.