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Author:   Laura Stewart ,  Joyce Thompson (Stracathro Hospital, Angus NHS Trust)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.209kg
ISBN:  

9781118792445

ISBN 10:   1118792440
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   27 March 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Contributors, viii Foreword, x Acknowledgments, xii 1 Importance of good health and nutrition before and during pregnancy, 1 Catherine R. Hankey 2 Nutrition and health in the early years, 14 Judy More 3 Defining and measuring childhood obesity, 30 Charlotte M. Wright 4 Early life risk factors for childhood obesity, 40 John J. Reilly and Adrienne R. Hughes 5 Early physical activity and sedentary behaviours, 46 Anthony D. Okely and Xanne Janssen 6 Talking about weight with families, 59 Paul Chadwick and Helen Croker 7 Parenting strategies for healthy weight in childhood, 71 Clare Collins, Tracy Burrows and Kerith Duncanson 8 Pre-school prevention interventions, 81 Pinki Sahota 9 Contribution of food provision in primary schools to the prevention of childhood obesity, 91 Ethan A. Bergman 10 Early clinical interventions and outcomes, 100 Louise A. Baur Index, 112

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Dr Laura Stewart is the Tayside Weight Management Pathway Manager, at NHS Tayside, Scotland UK where she specialises in childhood weight management. Joyce Thompson is a Dietetic Consultant in Public Health Nutrition, at NHS Tayside, Scotland, UK where she addresses nutrition across the lifecourse. 

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