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Author: Elizabeth Waters (Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia) ,
Boyd Swinburn (WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia) ,
Jacob Seidell (Institute of Health Sciences, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University and VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) ,
Ricardo Uauy (Nutrition and Public Health Intervention, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK and Institute of Nutrition, INTA - University of Chile, Santiago, Chile)
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint: BMJ Books
Dimensions:
Width: 19.10cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 24.60cm
Weight: 0.771kg
ISBN: 9781405158893
ISBN 10: 1405158891
Pages: 322
Publication Date: 13 April 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
Preventing Childhood Obesity will be invaluable in stimulating policy development, as well as the design of new experimental strategies to curb the childhood obesity epidemic. (The Lancet, June 2010)
<p> Until researchers respond, however, this book confirms that valuable lessons from other sectors can be interpreted, adapted, and applied in childhood obesity prevention and intervention programs. (Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 5 November 2012) <p> By the end of the book, the reader will understand the real threat facing the world in fighting this disease. (Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, December 2010) Preventing Childhood Obesity will be invaluable in stimulatingpolicy development, as well as thedesign of new experimental strategiesto curb the childhood obesity epidemic. (The Lancet, June 2010)
?Until researchers respond, however, this book confirms that valuable lessons from other sectors can be interpreted, adapted, and applied in childhood obesity prevention and intervention programs.? (Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 5 November 2012) By the end of the book, the reader will understand the real threat facing the world in fighting this disease. (Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, December 2010) Preventing Childhood Obesity will be invaluable in stimulatingpolicy development, as well as thedesign of new experimental strategiesto curb the childhood obesity epidemic. (The Lancet, June 2010)
Author Information
Elizabeth Waters, MPH, DPhil Jack Brockhoff Chair of Child Public Health, McCaughey Centre, Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Boyd A. Swinburn MBChB, MD, FRACP Professor of Population Health, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences and Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia Jacob C. Seidell, PhD Professor of Nutrition and Health; Director, Institute of Health Sciences, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University and VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Ricardo Uauy PhD MD Professor, Nutrition and Public Health Intervention, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK and Institute of Nutrition, INTA - University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
